Abstract This study sought to gather information through a survey of how newcomer parents’ beliefs about technology usage and how they engage with technology as they support their children with twenty-first century literacies. Parent respondents (N = 70) were drawn from two publicly funded schools in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada, where the population tends to be immigrant, visible minority, with post-secondary education, but unemployed and low income. Descriptive statistics...
Abstract The objective of this study is to develop and validate the MOOC Success Scale (MOOC-SS) in the Malaysian context. Further, this study ascertains the influence of MOOC success factors on learner satisfaction. Based on an elaborate literature study, six factors related to MOOC success were derived: (1) system quality, (2) information quality, (3) service quality, (4) attitude, (5) course quality, and (6) satisfaction. The data were collected from 1000 undergraduate students...
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Publication date: Available online 21 April 2020Source: GeneAuthor(s): Kai Zhu, Wenwen Huang, Wenju Wang, Liwei Liao, Shuo Li, Songlin Yang, Jingyi Xu, Lin Li, Mingyao Meng, Yanhua Xie, Shan He, Weiwei Tang, Haodong Zhou, Luxin Liang, Hui Gao, Yiyi Zhao, Zongliu Hou, Jing Tan, Ruhong Li
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Abstract Purpose of Review Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a highly prevalent disease that results in significant healthcare-related costs as well as costs to society with lost productivity and time. Unfortunately, a significant percentage of patients who suffer with this disease will not find relief from current standard of care medications and surgery. With ongoing efforts to understand the pathophysiology...
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