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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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Javier Leung – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2021
The EdHub Library is an online teacher professional development platform that serves 250 school districts as part of the Network for Educator Effectiveness in Missouri. It has a collection of more than 300 online activities. This design case describes the efforts of re-developing EdHub due to technical and usability issues of the first generation…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, School Districts, Electronic Libraries, Usability
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Goodwin, Geoffrey P.; Johnson-Laird, P. N. – Cognitive Psychology, 2011
Negation, conjunction, and disjunction are major building blocks in the formation of concepts. This article presents a new model-based theory of these Boolean components. It predicts that individuals simplify the models of instances of concepts. Evidence corroborates the theory and challenges alternative accounts, such as those based on minimal…
Descriptors: Prediction, Computer Software, Logical Thinking, Models
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Biddix, J. Patrick; Chung, Chung Joo; Park, Han Woo – Internet and Higher Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate where students turn for course-related assignments, whether an ordered pattern could be described in terms of which sources students turn to and how students evaluated the information they chose to use. Data were drawn from open-ended questionnaires (n = 282). Semantic network analysis was conducted…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Information Literacy, Internet, Credibility
Liu, Ying – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Tables are ubiquitous with a history that pre-dates that of sentential text. Authors often report a summary of their most important findings using tabular structure in documents. For example, scientists widely use tables to present the latest experimental results or statistical data in a condensed fashion. Along with the explosive development of…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Electronic Libraries, Information Sources, Information Seeking
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Kuiper, Els; Volman, Monique; Terwel, Jan – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2008
Introduction: This article reports on the adequacy and specific characteristics of 5th grade students' use of Web literacy skills and strategies after completing a programme in which these skills and strategies were the focus of attention. Method: Data were collected from twenty-one student pairs' Web use during six assignments, and recorded with…
Descriptors: Assignments, Grade 5, Internet, Computer Literacy
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Teague-Rector, Susan; Ghaphery, Jimmy – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2008
Academic libraries customize, support, and provide access to myriad information systems, each with complex graphical user interfaces. The number of possible information entry points on an academic library Web site is both daunting to the end-user and consistently challenging to library Web site designers. Faced with the challenges inherent in…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Information Systems, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries
American Library Association Video/Library Video Network, Towson, MD. – 1997
This 17-minute videotape is a tutorial that explains how to use Microsoft Internet Explorer. It reviews Web Basics and looks at the basic functions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, such as the toolbar, pull-down menus, finding a Web address, and using the Favorites menu to store favorite sites. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Online Searching
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Butler, Kyle A.; Lumpe, Andrew – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
This study was designed to theoretically articulate and empirically assess the role of computer scaffolds. In this project, several examples of educational software were developed to scaffold the learning of students performing high level cognitive activities. The software used in this study, Artemis, focused on scaffolding the learning of…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Grade 5, Science Instruction, Pretests Posttests
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Hughes, Michael A. – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1997
Describes how reference-based instruction can be incorporated into an instructional system design. Provides specific examples of learning objectives and student exercises. Defines reference-based instruction and outlines its benefits. Lists guidelines for how to structure usability tests for Help systems. Advises how technical communicators can…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Information Sources
Walker, Geraldene – 1988
This literature review selectively covers material on end-user searching published between 1971 and 1988. The first section discusses end-user search systems--e.g., multipurpose systems developed for end-users, simplified versions of traditional systems, gateway systems, and CD-ROM versions of databases. This section also discusses the complexity…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Futures (of Society), Information Seeking, Man Machine Systems
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Case, Donald; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1986
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) software research and development project described explores information seeking behavior of end-user energy experts and develops software offering tutorials on front-end use of DOE/RECON databases and active help in performing online searches. Software development is described and results of prototype testing…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Energy, Information Needs
Online, Inc., Weston, CT. – 1988
Reprints of 17 articles presenting strategies and tips for searching databases online appear in this collection, which is one in a series of volumes of reprints from "ONLINE" and "DATABASE" magazines. Edited for information professionals who use electronically distributed databases, these articles address such topics as: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Graphics, Computer Software
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Tiefel, Virginia – Library Hi Tech, 1993
Describes a microcomputer program that serves as a front-end to an online library catalog and other information sources and provides guidance to students on searching for and evaluating information. Funding, technology, evaluation, impact on other libraries, and future plans are discussed. Sample screens are included. (Contains 75 references.)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Consultants
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers