Most Digital Café participants had home Internet but no one to help with everyday computer learning needs¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Of 234 unique visitors to the Café during the research, 79% reported having an Internet connection at home but had no one to help them with their everyday computer learning needs. → Smythe 2017

Evidence¶

Smythe 2017¶

Smythe, S., & Breshears, S. (2017). Complicating Access: Digital Inequality And Adult Learning In A Public-Access Computing Space. The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 29(1), 67-81. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1139334

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Ethnographic attendance data from the Digital Café study. The authors report that of "the 234 unique visitors to the Café during the research, 79% reported having an Internet connection at home but had no one to help them with their everyday computer learning needs," underscoring that connection alone does not equal inclusion.

"Of the 234 unique visitors to the Café during the research, 79% reported having an Internet connection at home but had no one to help them with their everyday computer learning needs."

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