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Ahn, June – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2011
Social network sites (SNSs) like Myspace and Facebook are now popular online communities with large teenage user populations. Teens use these technologies to interact, play, explore, and learn in significant ways. As scholars become interested in studying these new online communities, I contribute to the emerging conversation by re-examining…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Social Networks, Internet, Adolescents
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van Schaik, Paul – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
A unified framework for researching technology acceptance, the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), was previously proposed and validated. The aim of this article is to explore the application UTAUT to websites used by students in higher education. Both prescribed websites and user-selected sites were studied using a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Motivation, Use Studies, College Students
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Kiili, Carita; Laurinen, Leena; Marttunen, Miika – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2008
The Internet is a significant information resource for students due to the ease of access it allows to a vast amount of information. As the quality of the information on the Internet varies, it is important that students are able to evaluate such information critically. The aim of the study was to investigate how students evaluate Internet sources…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Secondary School Students, Essays, Writing Assignments
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Guinee, Kathleen; Eagleton, Maya B.; Hall, Tracey E. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
The goal of this study was to evaluate and describe the Internet search strategies of adolescent learners. Participants were 161 middle and high school students. Collected data included students' descriptions of the search process, observations of student searching behaviors, and audit trail lists of search strings used by students. The students…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Adolescents, Search Strategies, Internet
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Becker, Henry Jay; Ravitz, Jason L. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1998
Examines the distribution of student Internet use across 152 schools in the National School Network, schools that were among the first to provide direct Internet access for networked computers. Discusses socioeconomic status differences, student ability, teacher differences, school population ethnicity, the Internet as innovation, and a vision for…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education