RESULTS PROBLEMS ENCOUNTEREDISSUES Capitalizing Information Technology for Greater Access and
30 3. DESCRIPTION
The location of the pilot study was ShanFeng village’s Digital Opportunity Centre DOC in
GuKeng Township, YunLin County, Chinese Taipei. It is a small rural village with a
population of 200. There is only one elementary school for local children. People
make their living by planting agricultural products such as oranges, bamboo shoots,
coffee, etc. The DOC is equipped with 12 computers which have Internet access.
Training courses are provided for villagers. The villagers are highly equipped with ICT
infrastructure, with almost one personal computer per family; however, the use of computers are underutilized. Group
courses have been provided to increase their learning incentive. The pilot study was conducted from 14 to 16 December 2008. Three classes were held
with a of 29 participants, both male and female. The lecturers were local ICT trainers. A background survey of the participants was conducted. The results
are as follows:
Chart 3.1: Gender of
Participants
Chart 3.2: Age distribution of
participants
Chart 3.3: Educational
background of participants
Chart 3.4: ICT usage
experience of participants
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Chart 3.5: Working status of
participants
Chart 3.6: ICT course attending
experience of participants
Chart 3.7: ICT environment
status of participants
32 4. RESULTS
In general, most participants were quite satisfied and enjoyed the course. A course evaluation was conducted among the participants and the results are
as follows:
Chart 4.1: Comprehension
of the course
A large majority, 90, of the respondents
understood at least 60of the course.
Chart 4.2: Appropriateness
of course content
While only 3 thought the course content
was fairly appropriate, all the rest thought it
was either good or very good.
Chart 4.3: Performance of
lecturer
The lecturer who taught the course was
rated as having given a good or very good
performance by 93 of the participants.
Chart 4.4: Interest of
attending related follow-
up courses
An overwhelming majority, 97, of the
respondents were keen on attending
further courses.
Chart 4.5: General
satisfaction of course
The level of satisfaction was also
high, with 97 of the respondents saying
they were satisfied or very satisfied with the
course.