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Oppong, Michael; Maluleka, Jan Resenga – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2022
Universities have been spending money on the acquisition of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable online library research support platforms. Such acquisitions can be justified if they are effectively utilized for what they are intended for. A quantitative research approach was employed in the study to investigate the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Information Technology
Damaris D. E. Carlisle – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2022
While conducting research for my doctoral thesis entitled "Learners With Special Educational Needs Reflecting on Their First Year at University," I explored the historical background, recent developments, and issues of concern for students with special educational needs and disabilities studying at university in Singapore. Documentary…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Educational Needs
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Alamettälä, Tuulikki; Sormunen, Eero – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long-term development of online research skills among lower secondary school students and how various factors such as teaching interventions and students' self-efficacy, attitudes, information and communication technology (ICT) activity and gender are associated with development.…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Research Skills, Online Searching, Intervention
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Ståhl, Tore; Sormunen, Eero; Mäkinen, Marita – Information and Learning Sciences, 2021
Purpose: The internet and search engines dominate within people's information acquisition, especially among the younger generations. Given this trend, this study aims to explore if information and communication technology (ICT) practices, internet reliance and views of knowledge and knowing, i.e. epistemic beliefs, interact with each other.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Internet
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López Vicent, Patricia; Serrano, José Luis; Gutiérrez Porlán, Isabel – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2022
The purpose of the present study is to delve into the process of personal management of digital information among Spanish university students in their final year and to analyze whether there are similarities or differences regarding students' gender. A non-experimental methodological design has been implemented of an exploratory type and based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Information Management, Information Technology
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Trakunphutthirak, Ruangsak; Lee, Vincent C. S. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
Educators in higher education institutes often use statistical results obtained from their online Learning Management System (LMS) dataset, which has limitations, to evaluate student academic performance. This study differs from the current body of literature by including an additional dataset that advances the knowledge about factors affecting…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Pattern Recognition, Data Analysis, Information Technology
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Contreras, Camila; Rivas, Josefina; Franco, Rosemberg; Gómez-Plata, Maryluz; Kanacri, B. Paula Luengo – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2023
Despite the democratised access to digital media, there are still gaps in uses and opportunities according to age, sex, socioeconomic level, and location. In addition, the study about the use of digital media by children and adolescents has focused more on the risks than on the opportunities. This study analyses the relationship between different…
Descriptors: Risk, Social Media, Correlation, Socialization