normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: use of the internet to retrieve health information is increasingly common . the present study aimed to determine the ratio of attitude, skill and performance of faculty members in using computer and internet in research and educational affairs at mazandaran university of medical sciences . methods: in this cr...

dear editor computer is one of the fundamental tools in applying most electronically-based teaching methods. many studies on the students of university of medical sciences have been focused on their computer and internet skill levels. the skill levels in using computers and internet in isfahan university of medical sciences (iums) were estimated 14.87 and 12 (from 20), respectively (1) and this...

This study examines the associations of internet information literacy with two variables: (1) the ability to work with technical aspects of the internet (internet skill), and (2) attitudes about the need for qualitative necessities in the development of e-services. A hierarchical regressions software analyzes data from a national sample of 2134 internet users. In this paper, internet literacy i...

Abstract: This paper describes the architecture of a scalable Internet-based teaching and learning system (SKILL) currently developed at the University of Essen, Germany. The system will be developed first with the focus to the department Information Systems and Software Technologies, but is designed as a scalable architecture for a much wider scope. The primary objective of SKILL is to provide...

In this paper we applied our previously developed assessment framework to the data collected from an internet security readiness survey targeted at households. We used the assessment framework to compute an Internet Security Readiness index for each household, which was in turn derived from Internet Security Readiness capital, skill, and actual uptake/use of infrastructure indices. We then exam...

PURPOSE Despite the amount of health information available online, there are several barriers that limit the Internet from being adopted as a source of health information. The purpose of this study was to identify individual skill-related problems that users experience when accessing the Internet for health information and services. METHODS Between November 2009 and February 2010, 88 subjects...

background: computers and internet  play an ever- increasing and important role in medical education.this research was performed to determine the rate of knowledge, attitude, and performance of the students of birjand university of medical science in the case of  computer and internet use. methods:  this descriptive – analytical study was performed on 425 students of birjand university of medic...

This study extends the conventional and superficial notion of measuring digital skills by proposing definitions for operational, formal, information and strategic skills. The main purpose was to identify individual skill related problems that users experience when navigating the Internet. In particular, lower levels of education and aging seem to contribute to the amount of experienced operatio...