Information and Learning Sciences: Volume 121 Issue 11/12

An evaluation of the library connectivity project through the lens of the digital inclusion model

Daniel Azerikatoa Ayoung, Charles Bugre, Frederic Naazi-Ale Baada

It has been a decade, as the collaboration between the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) to extend information and…

Employers’ perception of graduates with on-line degrees in Tanzania: two-pronged lesson for on-line graduates and course developers

Dalton Hebert Kisanga

This paper aims to explore the employers’ perceptions of graduates with on-line degrees.

Culturally relevant constructionist design: exploring the role of community in identity development

Sawaros Thanapornsangsuth, Nathan Holbert

Many initiatives seek to engage children in maker education. However, there is a paucity of research examining children’s engagement in making in low-income formal school…

Acceptance and use of information technology: context of Portuguese universities

Cláudia Pinho, Mário Franco, Luis Mendes

Based on the technology acceptance model (TAM), this study aims to determine the influence of personality traits on the acceptance and usage of Web portals in Portuguese…

Design principles for creating digital badges to support learning

Theresa Horstman, Gavin Tierney, Carrie Tzou

This paper aims to focus on two areas of digital badge design that impact learner experience: the value and meaning of badges outside of their original context and badge function…

Data-literate citizenry: how US state standards address data and data visualizations in social studies

Tamara L. Shreiner

Data literacy – the ability to read, analyze, interpret, evaluate and argue with data and data visualizations – is an essential competency in social studies. This study aims to…