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A 10-year assessment of information and communication technology tasks required in undergraduate agriculture courses Leslie D. Edgar, Donald M. Johnson, Casandra Cox PII: DOI: Reference: To appear in: S0360-1315(12)00065-6 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.03.008 CAE 2108 Computers & Education

Received Date: 7 November 2011 Revised Date: 15 February 2012 Accepted Date: 6 March 2012Please cite this article as: Edgar, L.D., Johnson, D.M., Cox, C., A 10-year assessment of information and communication technology tasks required in undergraduate agriculture courses, Computers & Education (2012), doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.03.008 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this earlyversion of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.

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A 10-Year Assessment of Information and Communication Technology Tasks Required in Undergraduate Agriculture Courses

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Casandra Cox, Instructor Department of Agricultural and Extension Education University of Arkansas 205 Agriculture Building Fayetteville, AR 72701 479-575-2040 Phone 479-575-6910 Fax ccrumle@uark.edu

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Co-Authors: Donald M. Johnson,Professor Department of Agricultural and Extension Education University of Arkansas 205 Agriculture Building Fayetteville, AR 72701 479-575-2039 Phone 479-575-6910 Fax dmjohnso@uark.edu

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Corresponding Author: Leslie D. Edgar, Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural and Extension Education University of Arkansas 205 Agriculture Building Fayetteville, AR 72701 479-575-6770 Phone479-575-6910 Fax ledgar@uark.edu

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A 10-Year Assessment of Information andCommunication Technology Tasks Required in Undergraduate Agriculture Courses Abstract This study sought to assess required information and communication technology (ICT) tasks in selected undergraduate agriculture courses in a land-grant university during a 10 year period. Selected agriculture faculty members in the fall 1999 (n = 63), 2004 (n = 55), and 2009 (n = 64) semesters were surveyed todetermine the ICT tasks they required of students. There were significant (p < .05) increases in the number of required Internet and electronic mail tasks between 1999 and 2009; but no significant changes in the number of word processing, computer graphics, spreadsheet, database, or miscellaneous ICT tasks required over the period. In 1999, three specific tasks (receive electronic mail, search theInternet, and type a lab or project report) were required in more than 50% of courses; in 2009, these three tasks plus three additional tasks (send electronic mail, submit assignments as attached electronic mail files, and use Blackboard© to acquire course information) were required in a majority of courses. Faculty with higher levels of self-perceived ICT skills and those teaching higher-levelcourses tended to require larger and more diverse sets of ICT tasks than other faculty. Course level explained the largest proportion of unique variance in the number of required spreadsheet, word processing, computer graphics, and miscellaneous ICT tasks. Self-perceived ICT skills and course level explained approximately equal amounts of the unique variance in total ICT tasks required. Both the...