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Levy, Anna – ProQuest LLC, 2015
E-government is often defined as the public organization's use of information and communication technologies for the production and delivery of information and services. Since the early 1990s, e-government initiatives have been understood as a technological innovation mechanism aimed at reaching greater levels of efficiency, effectiveness, and…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Web 2.0 Technologies, City Government, Comparative Analysis
Simsek, Eylem; Simsek, Ali – Online Submission, 2013
The meaning of citizenship has usually been associated with the power of individuals in the process of social decision-making. Throughout the history, effective citizenship has required functional literacy skills as the fundamental factor for attending societal life. In the past, the 3Rs (writing, reading, and arithmetic) were considered to be…
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Mass Media, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing
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Nicholson, Julie; Galguera, Tomas – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2013
The objective of this self-study is to expand the emerging scholarship on meaningful integration and scaffolding of SNSs and the new literacies requisite for their effective use in higher education environments. As a teacher educator, the first author describes the successes and challenges she experienced introducing Twitter into her college…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Technological Literacy, Social Networks, Internet
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Barone, Diane – Research in the Schools, 2012
This article focuses on young children's use of Web 2.0 and social media. A background is provided about the use of Web 2.0 and social media among young children. Strengths and concerns are discussed as well as home and school use of Web 2.0 and social media. Exemplary websites are shared. The article concludes with potential changes in the…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Young Children, School Involvement, Mass Media Use
Blodgett, Bridget M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
For the first time in the history of collective action, the offline world has experienced a virtually organized and enacted union strike. While this was the first publicly noticed political action in a virtual world, others have been going on for several years now. As virtual worlds continue to grow in popularity, this type of protest of action…
Descriptors: Strikes, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Social Action
Moran, Mike; Seaman, Jeff; Tinti-Kane, Hester – Babson Survey Research Group, 2011
Faculty are big users of and believers in social media. Virtually all higher education teaching faculty are aware of the major social media sites; more than three-quarters visited a social media site within the past month for their personal use; and nearly one-half posted content. Even more impressive is their rate of adoption of social media in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Barriers, Integrity, Privacy
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Lichy, Jessica – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2012
This article reports the findings of a small-scale investigation into the Internet user behaviour of generation Y (Gen Y) students, with particular reference to social networking sites. The study adds to the literature on cross-cultural Internet user behaviour with specific reference to Gen Y and social networking. It compares how a cohort of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Internet
Ives, Eugenia A. – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine and better understand the social cognitive effects of digital technology on teenagers' brains and their socialization processes, as well as to learn best practices with regard to digital technology consumption. An extensive literature review was conducted on the social cognitive effects of digital…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Web 2.0 Technologies, Computer Literacy