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Kyrpa, Anna; Stepanenko, Olena; Zinchenko, Viktoriia; Udovichenko, Hannah; Dmytruk, Liliia – Advanced Education, 2022
A rapid increase of available information affects students' perception of any message and formation of priorities; the period of concentration on one subject is reduced; students prefer concise vivid visual images. Internet memes become a part of students' daily communication and broadcast today's cultural and information realities. The aim of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Needs Assessment, Attention Span, Imagery
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De Coninck, David; d'Haenens, Leen – Comunicar: Media Education Research Journal, 2023
Previous research on gender differences in young people's digital development has shown that boys and girls differ in frequency and type of internet use, but vital gaps in the literature remain. In recent years, gender is increasingly considered to be a multidimensional concept with a growing number of young people identifying as non-binary (i.e.…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Technological Literacy, LGBTQ People, Internet
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Freeman, Kim; Hadwin, Julie A.; Halligan, Sarah L. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
Aggression in young people has been associated with a bias toward attributing hostile intent to others. However, little is known about the origin of biased social information processing. The current study explored the potential role of peer contagion in the emergence of hostile attribution in adolescents. One hundred thirty-four adolescents (M age…
Descriptors: Aggression, Adolescents, Peer Influence, Information Processing
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Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Learning and Instruction, 2009
The present study investigated the effects on learning in a sheltered Internet environment using so-called WebQuests in elementary school classrooms in the Netherlands. A WebQuest is an assignment presented together with a series of web pages to help guide children's learning. The learning gains and quality of the work of 229 sixth graders…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Internet, Information Processing
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Kennedy, Patricia – Australian Library Journal, 2008
This paper is a discussion of the use of metadata, in its various manifestations, to access information. Information management standards are discussed. The connection between the ancient world and the modern world is highlighted. Individual perspectives are paramount in fulfilling information seeking. Metadata is interpreted and reflected upon in…
Descriptors: Information Management, Information Seeking, Metadata, Internet
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Depradine, Colin – Computers & Education, 2007
With the rapid development of the information communication and technology (ICT) infrastructure in the Caribbean, there is an increasing demand for skilled software developers to meet the ICT needs of the region. Consequently, the web-based applications course offered at the University of the West Indies, has been redeveloped. One major part of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Strategic Planning
Hancock, Joelie, Ed. – 1999
The book offers practical information for classroom teachers and teacher educators on effectively incorporating computer technology in the classroom. The book focuses on the change associated with the growing presence in educational institutions of the new communication and information processing technologies, which is most significant for…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1999
The Communication Technology and Policy section of the Proceedings contains the following 15 papers: "The Virtual Sphere: The Internet as a Public Sphere" (Zizi Papacharissi); "Toward a Typology of Internet Users and Online Privacy Concerns" (Kim Bartel Sheehan); "Blind Spots of the Communications Decency Act Debate: A…
Descriptors: Community Development, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech, Higher Education
Huws, U.; O'Regan, S. – 2001
The EMERGENCE project was conducted to map and measure eWork (the processing of information and transmission of it by means of telecommunications located anywhere in the world) in 18 European countries (15 European Union states plus Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic). Data for the project were gathered through a survey of 7,268 employers of…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Centers, Computer Mediated Communication, Data Processing