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Cyberloafing in Higher Education: Reasons and Suggestions from Students' Perspectives
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Varol, Filiz; Yildirim, Esat – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2019
The main goals of the current study are (1) college students' cyberloafing behaviors during a lab session, (2) reasons that students cyberloaf, and (3) possible solutions to prevent this behavior from the students' perspectives. A total of 184 students registered for lab hours at a public university in Turkey were recruited to participate in this…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Behavior, Student Attitudes, Course Content
Raising Awareness of Cybercrime--The Use of Education as a Means of Prevention and Protection
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Bele, Julija Lapuh; Dimc, Maja; Rozman, David; Jemec, Andreja Sladoje – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
The widespread use of mobile devices that enable Internet access increases the exposure of both individuals and organizations to cybercrime. This article addresses the issue of strategic prevention of cybercrime with the key focus on the measures to prevent cybercrime related to children and teenagers. The primary tool for such prevention is…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Internet, Crime, Information Security
The Role of the Black Church, the Barbershop/Beauty Salon, and Digital Communication to Support African American Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
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Pillay, Yegan – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2011
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010) reports that approximately 1 million people in the United States are living with HIV. African Americans comprise 12% of the population yet account for approximately 46% of the people living with HIV. The rising prevalence rate among African Americans is an anomaly given that the prevalence rate…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), African Americans, Disease Control, Intervention
Cyberbullying and Self-Esteem
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Patchin, Justin W.; Hinduja, Sameer – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: This article examines the relationship between middle school students' experience with cyberbullying and their level of self-esteem. Previous research on traditional bullying among adolescents has found a relatively consistent link between victimization and lower self-esteem, while finding an inconsistent relationship between offending…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Bullying, Prevention, Internet
Scare Tactics
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Hua, Vanessa – T.H.E. Journal, 2010
This article discusses how the H1N1 flu pandemic served notice to districts to get their disaster readiness strategies in order and how technology played an important part in schools effort. In late April 2010, as public fears about a mysterious new strain of flu grew, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) moved to forestall a panic. On…
Descriptors: Public Health, School Districts, Telecommunications, Communicable Diseases
Proceedings of the International Conferences on Internet Technologies & Society (ITS), Education Technologies (ICEduTECH), and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE) (Melbourne, Australia, December 6-8, 2016)
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Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Issa, Theodora, Ed.; McKay, Elspeth, Ed.; Isias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conferences on Internet Technologies & Society (ITS 2016), Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2016) and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2016), which have been organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Internet, Educational Technology