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Themes Influences on participation in learning
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» Themes/Technology and learning/IT courses The IT courses that people want Research quoted in Basic IT Courses suggests that the majority of people in Hull want to improve their computer skills, although this does not necessarily mean that they want to go on a course to do this, as there are different ways to learn about computers. Over half of the people who took part in the research said that they planned to do some learning in the coming year, and IT related learning was the most popular subject, with just over a quarter planning to do some. As learning IT skills was so popular, the research in Getting IT Right looked at peoples' IT skills, and the specific areas that they wanted to learn about.
In general, those who had done an IT course had better skills than those who had not. However, there was a significant minority of those who had not done a course who had high levels of skills, suggesting that they have gained their skills in other ways. There is also a significant minority of those who have done a course that have low skills, suggesting that going on an IT course does not necessarily leave you with good skills, or at least confidence in having those skills. The table above shows that the most popular tasks to learn about were higher level skills such as creating a website or editing a digital photo. However, there were still significant numbers of people who wanted to learn about basic tasks such as typing a letter or sending an email. |
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