Concerns Affecting Computer Usage by County Extension Educators in Florida
Kathleen C. Ruppert
Arlene Z. Stewart
The Florida Cooperative Extension Service continues to develop and
provide information to extension educators and their clientele via
computer. Recent data that indicate variability in computer-use mean
scores of Florida Cooperative Extension Service (FCES) Educators,
using the Computing Concerns Questionnaire by Martin (1989), can be
largely explained by informational, personal and consequence (self
and others) concerns. All of these concerns focus either on how
these extension educators interact with the computer or how their
computer work affects their clientele. Appropriate in-service computer
training begins with an awareness of the abilities and concerns of
extension educators about computers.
Kathleen C. Ruppert, an ACE member, is an assistant professor, Department
of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida. Arlene Z. Stewart is
an educational materials designer with the Florida Energy Extension Service,
University of Florida. This research was supported in part by the Dean for
Extension's Office, University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service.
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series No. R-05774.
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