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  • Essay / Computer Adoption by Adult Learners - 765

    Technology has managed to influence everything from academia and communication to religion and medicine. One way or another, it will continue to reinvent itself over time. As a result, there is so much new content being created online than ever before, and with that comes unlimited ease of access. Although there is a predominance of accessibility, what appears to be occurring is the user's ability to work with and implement the technology effectively, particularly adult learners. In the halls of many colleges, adult learners are terrified of acquiring and implementing technology that is an institutional requirement. Technology skills are essential to student success. This literature review aims to capture several studies on student IT adoption and summarize their findings in a way that promotes understanding of this study. A fundamental area of ​​study often advanced is adult learners' technology adoption self-efficacy. General Attitudes Toward Technology Implementation Many evaluations conducted on attitudes toward computer adoption by adult learners have been generally consistent. The book: Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Adult Learners Using Information and Communication Technologies (2011) states that self-efficacy theory among adult learners was found to be a contributing factor to their academic success. This not only confirms studies prior to this analysis, but also subsequent studies that also confirm the accuracy of these results. One of the differences that various researchers have discovered in their work concerns age variability. In general, adult learners' beliefs about ...... middle of sheet ...... Internet Goes to College: How Students Experience the Future with Today's Technology. Pew Internet and American Life Project, Washington, DC McHaney, R. 2011. The new digital coastline: How Web 2.0 and millennials are revolutionizing higher education. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, Inc. Jones, S., Johnson-Yale, C., Millermaier, S., & Pérez, F.S. (2009). Internet use by American college students: Race, gender, and digital divides. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14, 244-264. Pew Research Center. (2012). Internet user demographics. Internet and American LifeProject. Wilson, K.R., Wallin, J.S., & Reiser, C. (2003). Social stratification and the digital divide. Social Science Computer Review, 21(2), 133-143.Day, J., Janus, A., Davis, J. (2005). Computer and Internet use in the United States: 2003. Washington DC: US ​​Census Bureau.