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Brun-Mercer, Nicole – English Teaching Forum, 2019
Literacy today requires not only the comprehension of traditional print texts, but also proficiency in twenty-first century technology (International Reading Association 2009). While reading online has become commonplace and in many instances mandatory, readers are not necessarily engaging with digital texts effectively or efficiently. Instructors…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Rate
Moradi Sheykhjan, Tohid – Online Submission, 2017
Our goal for this paper discusses the main research ethical concerns that arise in internet research and reviews existing research ethical guidance in relation to its application for educating digital citizens. In recent years we have witnessed a revolution in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that has transformed every field of…
Descriptors: Internet, Online Searching, Educational Research, Social Science Research
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Stadtler, Marc; Scharrer, Lisa; Brummernhenrich, Benjamin; Bromme, Rainer – Cognition and Instruction, 2013
Past research has shown that readers often fail to notice conflicts in text. In our present study we investigated whether accessing information from multiple documents instead of a single document might alleviate this problem by motivating readers to integrate information. We further tested whether this effect would be moderated by source…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Online Searching, Internet, Information Seeking
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Folami, Florence; Adeoye, Blessing F. – African Higher Education Review, 2012
While the leading edge between nursing and information provides an opportunity to expand the limitations of nursing knowledge and practice and creates new leadership roles for nurses, it also requires special competencies for safe and effective nursing practice. This study, therefore, assesses informatics competencies and examines the pedagogic…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Information Technology, Student Needs, Competence
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Angello, Consolata; Wema, Evans – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2010
A study was conducted to investigate the accessibility and use of e-resources in Tanzania. The methodology adopted for the study was survey in which questionnaires, interviews and observations were used in collection of the data. A total of 50 respondents participated in the study. The study revealed that livestock research institutes in Tanzania…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animal Husbandry, Information Technology, Interviews
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Wheeler, Brad – EDUCAUSE Review, 2008
As the second decade of the public Internet reveals a desire for immediate access to greater certitude, CIOs and other campus leaders have an opportunity to rethink how questions find answers that are good enough or quick enough for the context of need. (Contains 5 figures, 1 table and 6 notes.)
Descriptors: Internet, Information Technology, Colleges, Computer Uses in Education
Song, Sang Chul – ProQuest LLC, 2010
An unprecedented amount of information encompassing almost every facet of human activities across the world is generated daily in the form of zeros and ones, and that is often the only form in which such information is recorded. A good fraction of this information needs to be preserved for periods of time ranging from a few years to centuries.…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Sources, Indexing, Access to Information
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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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Seabreeze, John R. – New Directions for Student Services, 1997
Highlights innovative World Wide Web sites that enhance student services and promote student learning. Divides listings into five categories: resource information, service delivery, information dissemination, surveys and research, and student learning. The sites listed are just a sample of the thousands available on the World Wide Web. (RJM)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Information Sources, Information Technology
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Watters, Carolyn – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Defines virtual documents and categorizes them, roughly, on how they are created, such as using templates, from computations, as composites, and as metadata. Describes the following information retrieval problems with virtual documents: search, revisiting, authentication, reference, version control, and annotation. (AEF)
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Electronic Text, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Byerly, Greg; Brodie, Carolyn S. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1998
Defines information literacy and describes the "Information Literacy IQ (Institutional Quotient) Test" of the Association of School Librarians (ACRL). Lists and describes online sources for basic materials on information literacy, information literacy-skills models, information about information literacy, and books on information…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Educational Resources, Information Literacy, Information Sources
Milstead, Jessica; Feldman, Susan – Online, 1999
Describes efforts of three official metadata standards-setting bodies. Discusses the three categories of metadata formats; metadata registries; the Dublin Core and its relatives; several geospatial and biological metadata projects; and vocabularies/data element content. Provides a list of links to metadata projects and resources. (AEF)
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Industry, Information Sources, Information Technology
Kennedy, Shirley Duglin – 1998
While the Internet has been called the world's library for its mass of information, its maze makes quick and easy results elusive. This book acts as a guide to quality research and reference sites on the Internet, compiling and profiling more than 500 ready-for-reference sites. The book also examines the best subject directories; offers tips on…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Electronic Mail, Information Networks
Chuck, Lysbeth B. – Searcher, 1997
Presents the keynote speakers of the Online World 1997 conference, as well as HotBot and other search engines, the CyberClinic tracks (Practical Searching, Resource Management, Trends and Technology, Corporate Electronic Publishing, Content Reviews, and Roundtable Discussions), Web-based communities, and an exhibited database of over 12,000…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Conferences, Databases, Electronic Publishing
Rogers, Diane – Cataloguing Australia, 1997
One of the recent innovations attempting to catalog Internet resources is a standard for resource description called the Dublin Core metadata set. Discussion includes application of library standards; development of metadata elements; ongoing refinement of the elements; and applying the Dublin Core. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Information Policy, Information Sources
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