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It is important to realize the speed at which computer
use is spreading, and the impact that it has on society.
With this phenomenally fast transition to an information
society, all citizens need to possess skills in computer
use, but what skills are necessary to become computer
literate? A review of the literature indicates no commonly
accepted definition of computer literacy. Literacy is
usually thought of as meaning the fundamental ability to
communicate through the use of written language. When
transferring this meaning to computers, then literacy would
mean having a basic understanding of computers and how to
use them. It appears that computer technology has
developed and spread so rapidly that the understanding of
the term "computer literacy" has had to evolve along with
this development (Malpiedi 1989, 24). As society has been
transformed into one that is heavily dependent upon
information technology, computer technology has begun to
affect nearly all aspects of contemporary organizational
life (Howard, Murphy, and Thomas 1987, 13). It became
necessary for educators to develop courses and a curriculum
to meet the needs of a computer information society. The
demand for computer training courses grew rapidly in both
the academic and business segments. As management's need
for more and better information increased, so did the need
for computer training courses, providing computer training
is a big business today. On any given day, all across the
country there are probably thousands of computer courses
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Taylor, Bernard Wayne. A Study of Anxiety Reducing Teaching Methods and Computer Anxiety among Community College Students, dissertation, August 1992; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277692/m1/11/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .