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Ondrusek, Anita L.; Ren, Xiaoai; Yang, Changwoo – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2017
Online searching is a skill that all professional programs educating librarians consider an essential part of their curricula. However, investigations of online searching behavior have centered almost exclusively on end users, and there have been no recent formal studies that explore the online searching behaviors of MLIS students. In this study,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Learning Strategies, Masters Programs, Graduate Students
Bartolo, Laura M.; And Others – 1991
This study investigated the benefits of online research methods over manual methods for novice researchers. It was hypothesized that novice researchers who conduct online searches submit better research projects than those who use manual methods. Undergraduate students in two classes of a journalism course on "Law and Mass…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Libraries, College Students, Court Litigation
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Mitchell, Debby – Educational Media International, 1999
Describes the development of a curriculum page by preservice teachers at the University of Central Florida that uses the Internet's interactive potential to organize and create online information. Explains the organization of the Web page, and discusses outcomes of the assignment, including transfer of learning and real-life applications.…
Descriptors: Assignments, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Internet
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Penhale, Sara J.; Stratton, Wilmer – Journal of Chemical Education, 1994
Describes and evaluates the success of a chemistry course for nonscience majors that examines a variety of contemporary science-based issues and includes online retrieval of chemical information. Explains how course instructor and librarian work together to plan assignments and provide instruction to groups of students. Includes sample assignments…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Assignments, Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction
Tunon, Johanna – 1999
This practicum was designed to help doctoral education students entering the Child and Youth Studies (CYS) program at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) feel more confident about accessing online resources and more comfortable about using online information technologies for their research. A method was developed for integrating bibliographic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Assignments, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Frey, Joanne M. – 2000
This paper briefly describes an assignment designed to improve teachers' attitudes toward technology through basic instruction. A group of teachers who were taking graduate level courses were introduced to computer technology in a non-threatening manner starting with learning the basic computer skills, such as e-mail, word processing, and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy