ADMINISTRATOR AND FACULTY ACCEPTANCE OF THE COMPUTER AS A TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN BACCALAUREATE NURSING PROGRAMS IN INDEPENDENT COLLEGES IN THE MIDWEST.
Contributors: University of Iowa.
Published: 1986
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Education, Administration.
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine administrator and faculty acceptance of the computer as a technological innovation in baccalaureate nursing programs in independent colleges in the midwest. Based upon Roger's theory of diffusion and adoption, a nonexperimental descriptive research design was used to examine acceptance as it relates to the activities of diffusion and adoption. A random sample of 35 department heads and 70 faculty was selected from 61 National League for Nursing accredited baccalaureate nursing programs in independent colleges in the midwest. Data collection methods included the telephone interview and mailed questionnaires designed to measure computer literacy and attitudes as well as the level of use of computer for instructional and administrative applications. With an overall response rate of 89.5%, the results indicated the current level of computer literacy and attitudes to be sufficiently positive to promote the diffusion process components of awarenesss, interest, and evaluation. However, the need to develop strategies to promote trial and adoption of computer technology in the areas of instructional and administrative applications was identified. Recommended approaches to meeting this challenge, including use of consortial arrangements, were suggested.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-07, Section: A, page: 2388.

Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, 1986.

School code: 0096.