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Kay, Robin; Carruthers, Loralea – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2017
In the past five years, there has been considerable interest in the decision-making process of school board officials in the field of education. However, a paucity of research exists on how these leaders use online resources to inform decision-making. Through an online survey and face-to-face interviews, this study examined the use of online…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Trustees, Information Utilization, Internet
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Owolabi, Sola; Idowu, Oluwafemi A.; Okocha, Foluke; Ogundare, Atinuke Omotayo – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study evaluated utilization of electronic information resources by undergraduates in the Faculties of Education and the Social Sciences in University of Ibadan. The study adopted a descriptive survey design with a study population of 1872 undergraduates in the Faculties of Education and the Social Sciences in University of Ibadan, from which a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Electronic Libraries, Information Utilization, Student Surveys
Tyler, John H. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
The past decade has seen increased testing of students and the concomitant proliferation of computer-based systems to store, manage, analyze, and report the data that comes from these tests. The research to date on teacher use of these data has mostly been qualitative and has mostly focused on the conditions that are necessary (but not necessarily…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Internet, Data Analysis, Urban Schools
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Martinez, F. J.; Pastor, J. A.; Rodriguez, J. V.; Lopez, Rosana; Rodriguez, J. V., Jr. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2011
Introduction: The Internet is a dynamic environment which is continuously being updated. Search engines have been, currently are and in all probability will continue to be the most popular systems in this information cosmos. Method: In this work, special attention has been paid to the series of changes made to search engines up to this point,…
Descriptors: Internet, Search Engines, Information Management, Use Studies
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Oduwole, Adebambo Adewale; Oyewumi, Olatundun – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: This study aims to examine the accessibility and use of web-based electronic databases on the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) portal by physicians in the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro--a psychiatry health institution in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: Collection of data was through the use of a three-part…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physicians, Psychiatric Hospitals, Access to Information
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Ajegbomogun, Fredrick Olatunji; Popoola, Sunday Olarenwaju – Education for Information, 2013
This study examined motivational strategies and utilisation of Internet resources as determinants of research productivity of lecturers in universities of agriculture in Nigeria. One thousand, one hundred and thirty two (1,132) copies of the questionnaire were administered on the lecturers in universities of agriculture in Nigeria. Eight hundred…
Descriptors: Internet, Productivity, Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education
Ford, Wendy G. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
There are a wide variety of e-government information and services that small business owners and managers can utilize. However, in spite of all of the service incentives and initiatives to promote e-government, research studies have shown that this information is not widely accessed. Studies that explore the utilization of e-government information…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Information Utilization, Profiles, Internet
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Peters, Martine; Weinberg, Alysse; Sarma, Nandini; Frankoff, Mary – CALICO Journal, 2011
This article presents student perceptions about different types of web-based activities used to seek information for French language learning. Group interviews were conducted with 71 students in five Canadian universities to elicit data on their use of the Internet for information-seeking activities. These students use the Web for three main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Seeking, French, Learning Activities
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Gelb, E. M.; Bonati, G. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 1998
Participants in an international agriculture extension workshop rated the following as critical subjects to study regarding farmers' use of the Internet: technical problems, user benefits, drawbacks, and accessibility. Ways to improve effective use in agriculture were identified. (SK)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Extension Education, Farmers, Foreign Countries
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Silker, Christine M.; Gurak, Laura J. – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 1996
Studies how technical communicators use the Internet. Finds that the Internet plays a significant role in the work practices of technical communicators--respondents find the Internet helpful for contacting customers, obtaining updated technical information, and publishing online documentation, but they encounter company resistance and are…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Internet
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Hill, Janette R. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1999
Describes a theoretically and empirically based framework for how users formulate and employ information-seeking strategies in open-ended information systems (OEISs). Discusses challenges related to OEISs. Describes OEIS theoretical and users' perspectives. Presents an example based on a recent study to illustrate use of the OEIS…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Seeking, Information Systems, Information Utilization
Rosen, David J. – 1996
In November 1995, an online survey was conducted of 113 adult literacy practitioners who were actively using the Internet. Respondents reported the following difficulties encountered in learning to use the Internet: purchasing and learning to use hardware or software; getting access to a telephone line; getting an Internet account; learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Computer Networks
Kaniki, Andrew M. – 1999
Academic libraries in South Africa are increasingly under pressure to provide Internet-based information services. Due to the historical background (i.e., apartheid policies), however, some postsecondary institutions were better endowed than others in terms of financial resources, library personnel, material resources, and with respect to Internet…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Advantaged, Consortia, Disadvantaged
Lin, Sunny S. J.; Tsai, Chin-Chung – 1999
The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid measurement for the identification of Internet addictive high school students. There were 615 subjects selected by a stratified sampling from the population of Taiwanese 10th to 12th graders. The final version of the Internet Addiction Scale for Taiwan High Schoolers (IAST) contained 20…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Green, Kenneth C. – 1996
This report presents the findings of a June, 1996, survey of computing officials at 660 two- and four-year colleges and universities across the United States concerning the use of computer technology on college campuses. The survey found that instructional integration and user support emerged as the two most important information technology (IT)…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction