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McVerry, J. Gregory – Educational Technology, 2011
In today's classrooms, students now turn to the Internet as their primary source of information, though the common belief in the idea that "digital natives" can easily traverse a landscape littered with misconceptions, multiple perspectives, and competing ideas has large implications in the classroom. Research into students reading multiple online…
Descriptors: Criticism, Primary Sources, Internet, Misconceptions
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Lunt, Tom; Curran, John – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
Feedback on students' work is, probably, one of the most important aspects of learning, yet students' report, according to the National Union of Students (NUS) Survey of 2008, unhappiness with the feedback process. Students were unhappy with the quality, detail and timing of feedback. This paper examines the benefits of using audio, as opposed to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Environment, Audio Equipment, Surveys
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McMurdo, George – Journal of Information Science, 1997
Discusses the control of pornography on the Internet. Highlights include the Communications Decency Act (CDA); "Time" magazine's article on cyberporn and critiques of it; the unconstitutionality of the CDA under First Amendment protection of free speech; and non-legislative software solutions, including PICS (Platform for Internet…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Constitutional Law, Criticism, Federal Legislation
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Mitchell, K.J.; Finkelhor, D.; Wolak, J. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 2005
Objective:: This paper explores the characteristics associated with decisions to adopt or discontinue the use of filtering software, including a critical analysis of some explanations about why it is used or not used in households with children and adolescents. Method:: This study consisted of a national telephone survey of households in the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Criticism, Computer Software, Assignments