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Fernández-Molina, Juan-Carlos; Eschenfelder, Kristin R.; Rubel, Alan P. – College & Research Libraries, 2021
This paper describes the results of a study to compare contemporary e-journal licenses from two research universities in the United States and Spain in terms of e-reserves, interlibrary loan, text and data mining, authors' rights and treatment of copyright exceptions, usage statistics, governing law, data privacy, and obligations entailing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Research Universities, Electronic Journals
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Istifci, Ilknur; Dogan Ucar, Asiye – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2021
The various possibilities that social media offers to language learners and teachers have long been recognized by researchers within the field of language instruction, and many studies have been carried out in an attempt to address and unpack its potential contributions. This paper aims to review such research on the use of mainstream social media…
Descriptors: Social Media, Second Language Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Videoconferencing
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Abella-García, Víctor; Delgado-Benito, Vanesa; Ausín-Villaverde, Vanesa; Hortigüela-Alcalá, David – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2019
Microblogging networks can potentially increase reflection, learning, and collaboration among undergraduate students. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of Twitter can enhance perceived learning and promote critical thinking, collaborative learning, and active student roles. The participants, 202 undergraduate students,…
Descriptors: Social Media, Electronic Journals, Student Journals, Active Learning
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Martos-Garcia, Daniel; Usabiaga, Oidui; Valencia-Peris, Alexandra – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2017
The aim of this study was to evaluate differences in physical education students' perception on an educational innovation based on formative and peer assessment through the blogosphere. The sample was made up of 253 students from two Spanish universities. Data was collected using a self-reported questionnaire and t tests were employed in order to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation
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Díaz-Lázaro, José Javier; Fernández, Isabel M. Solano; del Mar Sánchez Vera, María – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2017
The concept of Learning Analytics, as we understand it today, is relatively new but the practice of evaluating user behavior is not innovative. For years, technological development, along with other educational aspects, have encouraged, developed and facilitated this practice as a way of providing a personalized quality experience to students. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Cooperative Learning, Electronic Learning
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García-Martín, Sheila; Cantón-Mayo, Isabel – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2019
Technologies have acquired strategic importance and have been defined as unprecedented educational tools. In this study, we analysed the use that 1,488 Spanish adolescents made of five tools (i.e. search engines, wikis, blogs, podcasts and instant messaging), and the impact that use of these tools had on their academic performance in science,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Adolescents, Technology Uses in Education
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Neira-Piñeiro, María del Rosario – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
This paper describes two innovative experiences with ICT in teacher training by means of the development of two blogs about children's and young adults' literature. The study of both activities shows the usefulness of blogs in higher education and their contribution to the linguistic and literary training of future teachers. The results show that…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Web Sites
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Ion, Georgeta; Cano, Elena; Cabrera, Nati – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2016
This article examines an innovation in teaching-learning and assessment processes through the use of a platform called the Competency Assessment Tool (CAT). It allows for the tracking of student blogs with the objective of improving self-reflective processes and providing feedback. The experiment was carried out in six universities in Catalonia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Methods, Educational Innovation
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Pelet, Jean-Eric, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Once considered the traditional approach to education, brick and mortar institutions are no longer the norm due to e-learning technologies. Populations are turning into ubiquitous human beings, and educational practices are reflecting this change. "E-Learning 2.0 Technologies and Web Applications in Higher Education" compiles the latest…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies, Knowledge Management, Educational Innovation
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Vurdien, Ruby – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2013
Today Web 2.0 technologies, including blogs, are presenting both teachers and learners with new horizons in the field of language teaching and learning. A blog is an online journal which can be continuously updated by its users [Matheson, D. (2004). Weblogs and the epistemology of the news: Some trends in online journalism. "New Media &…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response)
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Ardanuy, Jordi; Urbano, Cristobal; Quintana, Lluis – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2009
Introduction: This paper studies the situation of research on Catalan literature between 1976 and 2003 by carrying out a bibliometric and social network analysis of PhD theses defended in Spain. It has a dual aim: to present interesting results for the discipline and to demonstrate the methodological efficacy of scientometric tools in the…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Humanities
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Uso-Juan, Esther; Ruiz-Madrid, Ma. Noelia – International Journal of English Studies, 2009
With the development of the WWW and Internet, hyperreading has become an issue for discussion in the educational field and more specifically in the field of English as a second or foreign language. Yet, very little is known about its nature concerning the reading process. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to examine whether…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Strategies, Internet, Hypermedia
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Borrego, Angel; Anglada, Lluis; Barrios, Maite; Comellas, Nuria – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2007
We present the results of a survey on the use of electronic journals by the academic staff of the universities belonging to the Consortium of Academic Libraries of Catalonia (CBUC). The results show that a high proportion of teaching and research staff are aware of the collection of electronic journals and that there is an increasing preference…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Journals, Consortia, Users (Information)