The Future Workforce Students and Information Technology

Want to know how the future workforce students use certain type of technology, e.g. search engines, social networking, online collaborative tools, as well as handheld devices both in and outside classroom? In recent study that based on a survey from the spring of 2010 of over 36,950 freshmen and seniors at 100 four-year institutions and students at 27 two-year institutions, The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2010 gives some excellent … [Read more...]

Can Information Technology Make People Happier?

In general, men are stereotyped as gadget hounds, well, a global study from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, shows that information technology actually brings more happiness to women worldwide, and said access to information technology has a 'statistically significant, positive impact on life satisfaction'. A new study (PDF) from UK-based BCS that based on data collected from more than 35,000 survey respondents across the globe found that IT actually makes people … [Read more...]