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Niurka Guevara-Otero; Elena Cuevas-Molano; Esteban Vázquez-Cano; Eloy López-Meneses – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2023
The objective of this study was to identify university student profiles with different levels of predisposition and usage of digital competences in social communication and collaborative learning (CSCCL) as well as technology use in information search and treatment (CSTI). The sample comprised 383 students from three state universities in Spain.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Digital Literacy, Student Characteristics, Universities
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Tawafak, Ragad M.; Alfarsi, Ghaliya; Jabbar, Jasiya – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2021
With restrictions on face-to-face clinical consultations within the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges faced by healthcare systems in delivering patient care, alternative information technologies like telemedicine and smartphones play a crucial role. A wide variety of smartphone applications employs high-tech mathematical and programming…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Amevor, G.; Bayaga, Anass; Bossé, Michael J. – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2021
Dynamic visual tools such as MATLAB have inbuilt features which are believed to be able to empower students to learn through the visualisation of three-dimensional objects. While student learning through MATLAB has been investigated regarding students in urban settings, only a handful of studies have investigated how MATLAB can assist students in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Visual Aids, Spatial Ability
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Baishya, Diganta; Maheshwari, Saurabh – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2020
The present study explores the uses of WhatsApp groups in the education context. It examines utilities and burdens associated with educational WhatsApp groups. The study also explores how the presence of teachers in the groups can influence the group functioning. In the first study chats of four WhatsApp groups of one year, where two groups were…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Teacher Student Relationship
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Konstantinidis, Angelos; Theodosiadou, Dimitra; Pappos, Christos – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2013
The purpose of this review is to analyze and evaluate the research findings on using Plagiarism Detection Services (PDS) in universities. In order to do that, conceptual issues about plagiarism are examined and the complex nature of plagiarism is discussed. Subsequently, the pragmatic forms of student plagiarism are listed and PDS strategies on…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Ethics, Student Behavior, College Students