Given the popularity and familiarity of the Internet for non-academics, there is a great need for a Web-based KIDMAP generator.
This was in an era when all the construction workers had begun using cell phones, but there was not a lot of Internet familiarity in the trade, and construction managers were not big on computers.
While this may be related to the nature of the student population and their self-confessed lack of familiarity with internet technology, these data are not dissimilar to results from other studies [ 24, 25] which have used much younger groups of students, suggesting that the underlying reasons for this may be more complex than initially thought.
The greater engagement with IPRS in the Hanauer study (36%% of respondents had visited an IPRS at least once, compared with 16%% in our study) might be explained by differences in age profile and Internet familiarity of the study populations.
How you made decisions from the choices given, tells you about what generation you are from, what mode of thinking you use when it comes to resources available to you, your level of familiarity with the internet, your comfort of doing it yourself, and who you consider to be your "family, friends and teachers".
A set of pre-test questionnaires were used to understand users' familiarity with ontologies, e.g., a question 'how long have you been using the internet?' gave an indication of users familiarity with Internet Ontology.
It is therefore possible that a lack of familiarity with the Internet resulted in some participants not using InfoWell.
Familiarity with development and understanding of software platforms and operation of internet required.
Even the district court recognized that Microsoft's "inclusion of Internet Explorer with Windows at no separate charge increased general familiarity with the Internet and reduced the cost to the public of gaining access to it".
A single item summarizing participant use of the internet is also included to assess comfort and familiarity with internet usage.
