| This investigation was designed to assess what factors influence College of Education and Allied Professions faculty members' attainment of computer literacy skills at the University of Toledo. Computer literacy was defined and faculty members were given an instrument, in questionnaire form, which allowed them to self-assess their computer literacy skills.; The instrument was broken into three parts. The first part, Background, was designed to gather data on the factors of the departmental assignment of faculty members, access to computers, previous mathematical background, age, sex and proximity to an avid computer user. The second part, Feelings About Computers, measured attitudes toward computers. In the last part, Computer Use, participants self-assessed their own computer literacy.; The data collected from the self-assessment was complied. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the factors of departmental assignment, mathematical background and sex and their relationship with computer literacy. Linear regression analyses were used to measure correlations between the factors of access to computers, age, and proximity to an avid computer user and their relationship with computer literacy.; The following findings were revealed in the study: (1) Departmental assignment was found to have an influence on faculty members' computer literacy attainment. (2) Faculty members' access to computers was positively correlated with computer literacy attainment. (3) Faculty members with extensive mathematical backgrounds were found to have attained higher levels of computer literacy than those without an extensive mathematical background. (4) Faculty members' ages were found to be negatively correlated with computer literacy attainment. (5) Female faculty members attained greater levels of computer literacy than male faculty members. (6) Faculty members' proximity to an avid computer user was positively correlated with computer literacy attainment. (7) Faculty members' attitude was positively correlated with computer literacy attainment.; Attitude was also found to interact with the factors of age and proximity to an avid computer user. Attitude was found to be clearly the most important factor in influencing computer literacy attainment. Administrators in the College should maintain and develop a climate that reinforces positive attitudes toward computers if their goal is further computer literacy attainment. |
