Analysis of the Perception of University Students About the Use of Microsoft OneNote as an Electronic Laboratory Notebook in Response to Non-Face-to-Face Education in Pandemic Times

The research aimed to identify the reality and attitude of Mardin university students about knowledge sharing, in addition to identifying channels which students preferred it to sharing knowledge, the motivations that guide students to share knowledge, and the main obstacles that impede the process of sharing knowledge. The research focused on colleges that adopt Arabic as a basic teaching language, the analytical descriptive approach was adopted in this research, a questionnaire was designed based on previous studies to measure the attitudes of students about the process of sharing knowledge, And distributed to (235) students. The results showed that the most important sources of students to obtain their information are course teachers with an average of 3.95. But overall the search process was low, and the aim of most students from knowledge sharing was to clarify and discuss the exam issues by (3.78). The references which course teachers are provided them were the most widely used tools by (3.72), It turns out that students tend to share their knowledge face-to-face by (4.14), but about the attitudes of university students, most of them were aware the value of knowledge and their sharing it, and they considered that helps to improve the process of education by (4.16), and most of them encourage knowledge sharing and consider it good by(4.36). The study also presented a set of recommendations that would contribute to improving the process of sharing knowledge among students in the university institution.

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RS/1: an electronic laboratory notebook

BioScience ◽

10.1093/bioscience/35.9.588 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 35 (9) ◽

pp. 588-590

Author(s):

W. A. Gilbert

Keyword(s):

Laboratory Notebook ◽

Electronic Laboratory Notebook

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Exploring University Students’ Perceptions Of Online Physical Education Class As Participants: A Qualitative Case Study

Tobacco Regulatory Science ◽

10.18001/trs.7.5.1.133 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (5) ◽

pp. 3559-3575

Author(s):

Zhao Jia ◽

Dandan Tang ◽

Borhannudin Bin Abdullah ◽

Roxana Dev Omar Dev ◽

Shamsulariffin bin Samsudin

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Physical Education ◽

University Students ◽

Online Courses ◽

Online Classes ◽

Face To Face ◽

University Of Technology ◽

Face To Face Learning

Compare face to face learning, the implication of online courses has been discussed for several years in higher education. However, in 2020 the rise of the global COVID-19 pandemic has created obvious shifts in university students’ life. In order to ensure the “suspension of classes”, university students took part more in online classes compare to physical education (PE) classes in China. It is significant to explore students’ views on PE online learning that is benefit for teachers to provide students with high quality of online PE courses, which will be better to guide students to take PE lessons and also improve students’ health. This study investigated the issues of students’ perceptions toward online physical education courses in Tianjin University of Technology in China based on a case study. The findings of this study indicate that some students don’t like taking online PE courses due to there were some disadvantages of online PE lesson. Some students enjoy taking online PE courses because of the interesting sports videos. This study also explored teachers’ view on how to motivate college students to engage in physical education classes and recommends specific strategies for teachers to motivate college students to take online PE courses.

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Usage of Social Networking Sites Among Post Graduate Students

Advances in Library and Information Science - Handbook of Research on Digital Content Management and Development in Modern Libraries ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-2201-1.ch009 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 148-168

Author(s):

S. Thanuskodi

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Social Networking ◽

Interpersonal Communication ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Oral Communication ◽

Face To Face ◽

The Social ◽

Potential Risks ◽

The University

Social networking sites over the years have changed from a few user-based sites into a phenomena that has become a platform for a huge number of users. However, the growth and development of social networking sites have brought great concerns on parents and educational authorities with respect to potential risks that are facing the university students as they use online social networking frequently for gathering information. The risk associated with social networking sites when used for oral communication rather than face-to-face communication results in damaging interpersonal communication among the users. The results obtained from this study have shown that a reasonable number of university students use the social networking sites. Therefore, the popularity of the social networking usage by university students of Tamil Nadu and the benefits it has on the student-users have been confirmed from the findings of this study. There are also various purposes for which the students use the social networking sites to achieve and that have been investigated. Technology is a double-edged sword. Its power for bad and good resides in the users. Based on this, it is instructive to note that the relevant government authorities have to take good measures to ensure that they (student) are made to be aware of how and why they use the social networking sites.

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Beyond the net generation debate: A comparison between digital learners in face-to-face and virtual universities

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning ◽

10.19173/irrodl.v13i4.1305 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 190 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Begoña Gros ◽

Iolanda Garcia ◽

Anna Escofet

Keyword(s):

Online Education ◽

University Students ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Net Generation ◽

Teaching Methodology ◽

Digital Native ◽

Face To Face ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Frequent Use ◽

Digital Learners

In the last decade, an important debate about the characteristics of today’s students has arisen due to their intensive experience as users of ICT. The main belief is that frequent use of technologies in everyday life implies competent users able to transfer their digital skills to learning activities. However, empirical studies developed in different countries reveal similar results suggesting that the ‘digital native’ label does not provide evidence of a better use of technology to support learning. The debate has to beyond and focus on the implications of being a learner in a digitalised world. This research is based on the hypothesis that the use of technology to support learning is not related to the fact of belonging or not to the net generation, is mainly influenced by the teaching model.The study compares the behaviour and preferences towards ICT use in two groups of university students: face-to-face students and online students. A questionnaire was applied to a sample of university students from five universities with different characteristics (one of them offers online education and four offer face-to-face with LMS teaching-support).Findings suggest although access to and use of ICT is widespread, the influence of teaching methodology is very decisive. For academic purposes, students seem to respond to the requirements of their courses, programmes and universities. There is a clear relationship between the students’ perception of usefulness regarding certain ICT resources and the teachers’ suggested uses of technologies. The most highly rated technologies correspond with those proposed by teachers. The study shows how the educational model (face-to-face or online) has a stronger influence on the students’ perception of usefulness regarding ICT support for learning than the fact of being a digital native.

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