Rural America
A Study on How Comfortably First-Year College Students Use Technology.
Rural Education has systemic issues that lead to low integration of technology during a student’s K-12 education. While research exists on rural students both being hindered by their background, as well as being able to overcome it, when transitioning to higher-ed, no direct correlation between technological familiarity or comfort due to their former education has been made. To fill this gap, a team of researchers surveyed 668 students enrolled at The University of Tampa’s BAC 100 Digital Skills freshman class. They found that, though anomalies existed, there was not enough evidence to say that rural students were far behind their peers with familiarity and ease-of-use of common technological programs, such as the Microsoft Office Suite.
Rural America
A Study on How Comfortably First-Year College Students Use Technology.