Gender and Internet Usage

Dholakia, Ruby Roy; Dholakia, Nikhilesh; Kshetri, Nir

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“…With the Internet becoming ubiquitous and more female users joining, male domination of conversations might not be as significant. Recent studies show that in the U.S.A. and Canada the number of female Internet users exceeds the number of males users, however the width, functional depth and overall depth of adoption either tends to be higher for men or is dependent on the application (Dholakia, Dholakia, & Kshetri, 2003). One of the greatest strengths of the modern communication medium such as e-mail is its ability to break down socio-economic, racial, and other barriers in communication and hence improve information exchange for the purpose of understanding and learning rather dominating the interactions (Hank, 1995, p.1).…”

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The Insiders’ Perspectives: A Focus Group Study on Gender Issues in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environment

2005

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Executive SummaryThere is little doubt that the advent of collaborative technologies in recent years has brought some significant changes in the way students learn, communicate, and interact with one another. In recent years, this emergence has sparked increased interest for research into the role and impact of instructional technologies on group learning. Despite the widespread use of different instructional technologies to support teaching and learning in today's classroom, our understanding of these technologies and their underlying impacts on learners and instructors remains fragmented, specifically with regard to gender learning issues. One important area that has been neglected in the research is the impact of classroom technology on gender classroom equity and learning processes. Indeed, only a few studies have examined the gender learning issues inside the group learning process as it naturally occurs in an actual classroom. How do female students, as well as their instructors, perceive gender issues in their classroom? What are the experiences of female students in an online learning environment? Do technologies contribute to or hinder the achievement of gender classroom equity and positive learning experiences? These are some of the interesting but complex questions that this study attempted to explore. This paper presents a focus group study on the perspective and experiences of female management students and their instructors in an online learning environment that used a computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) system to facilitate student-to-student interactions. To explore the potential impact of a CSCL system on gender classroom equity, an interpretive field study was conducted to glean insights about the insider participants' experiences and perceptions. This study focused on both the female students and their instructors regarding their perceptions and experiences with the use of CSCL and their learning processes. Our research sites involved two graduate courses that used the computer supported collaborative learning in place of face-toface discussions at least part of the semester. Drawn from the field notes and the transcripts of the interviews taken at the end of the semester, findings are reported along with an interpretation of the results. By virtue of being involved in and close to the phenomenon, subtle aspects on gender equity issues were detected from the use of the CSCL. The study is also among the first empirical research that applies and extends the view of e-learning producMaterial published as part of this journal, either on-line or in print, is copyrighted by the publisher of the Journal of Information Technology Education. Permission to make digital or paper copy of part or all of these works for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage AND that copies 1) bear this notice in full and 2) give the full citation on the first page. It is permissible to abstract these works so long...

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The Insiders’ Perspectives: A Focus Group Study on Gender Issues in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environment

2005

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“…Gender is one of the universal dimensions on which differences are based. This is because men and women are also "specialized" for different tasks (Dholakia, Dholakia & Kshetri, 2003). While asserting that scientific research frequently concludes that men and women excel in different areas, Viegas (2013) recently identified some gender differences backed up by science.…”

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Gender and Internet Use Pattern of Pre-Service Teachers in Nigerian College of Education

Adediran¹,

Kehinde²

2013

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The gender gap is a critical challenge that threatens to leave millions of women and girls behind in an increasingly globally connected world. This study sets out to investigate Internet Use Patterns among Student Teachers in a Nigeria College of Education with a view to determine the type of use made of the Internet by the student teachers and investigate the effect of gender on the use of the Internet by the student teachers. The questionnaire known as Internet Use questionnaire was administered to final year students of Federal College of Education, Abeokuta. The results indicate that getting information for school work, communication, chatting and social networking are the major use to which the participants put the internet. It also indicates that gender affects both use and feeling of pre-service teachers about the internet. This implies that gender is a major factor to be considered in use of as well as feeling about the internet.

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“…It is still true to say a woman's position in most Islamic societies is segregated and restricted to some degree (Mathew, 2010). While some countries like Turkey have extensively and decisively dealt with women's emancipation (Dholakia et al, 2004), Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries still struggle with religious equality for women. In these societies, the cultural articulation of patriarchal structure, social mores, laws and political power is justified by reference to Islam or Islamic doctrine (Badran, 2014;Shirazi, 2012).…”

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ICTs and the Computerised Hijab: Women's Experiences of ICT in the UAE

Vodanovich

Urquhart

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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This paper discusses a grounded theory study of women's experience of ICTs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We were particularly interested in whether their gender, and the society in which they live, affected that experience. We identify three themes, ICT Use, Gender Perspective and UAE Society which together constitute an emergent theory of Women's ICT experience in the UAE. We conclude by engaging the emergent theory with individual differences theory. Our findings show that ICT use in the UAE is a profoundly gendered experience, shaped by the Islam based society in which the women live.

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Gender and Internet Usage

Cited by 40 publications

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The Insiders’ Perspectives: A Focus Group Study on Gender Issues in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environment

The Insiders’ Perspectives: A Focus Group Study on Gender Issues in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environment

Gender and Internet Use Pattern of Pre-Service Teachers in Nigerian College of Education

ICTs and the Computerised Hijab: Women's Experiences of ICT in the UAE

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