The Relationship Between Students’ Computer Competency and Per- ception of Enjoyment and Difficulty Level in Web-based Distance Learning
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This paper discussed the concept of computer competency and investigated the relationship between students’ computer competency and their perception of enjoyment and difficulty level of web-based distance-learning courses. Participants were 237 entering graduate students in library and information science from a mid-southwestern state university in the United States from year 2001 to 2003. Computer competency was estimated by students’ self-report of their prior knowledge of information technology skills in a survey called Computer Skill and Use Assessment. Statistical significance was found between the correlation of computer competency and students’ perception of enjoyment level (p=.011) and difficulty level (p=.001).
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