Information Behavior of University Students: From Today’s Information and Communication Student towards Tomorrow’s Excellent Information Specialist

2013 ◽  
pp. 603-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurgita Rudžionienė
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Information Behavior ◽  
Information And Communication

Information technology for career guidance of creatively gifted university students

2020 ◽  
pp. 6-15
Author(s):  
S. A. Piyavsky ◽  
S. R. Kiryukov ◽  
A. S. Kuznetsov ◽  
G. A. Kulakov
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Structural Description ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
System Functioning ◽  
Gifted Youth ◽  
Leading Enterprises

The article presents a structural description of the functioning of the regional information and communication system “Student and Labor” (SAL). This system is aimed at identifying and developing creatively gifted youth in the field of science, techniques and technology and is focused on the gradual involvement of university students in real work and interaction with leading enterprises in the region. The first cycle of the SAL system functioning is described, which has a complete character and has already led to a concrete result. The bank of information about the leading enterprises of the region that took part at the initial stage of the functioning of the SAL system were formed as well as the bank of 150 themes of scientific research for student projects, which were proposed by the enterprises themselves. All projects are focused on the practical significance of research for the enterprises themselves, as well as for students, their supervisors from universities and scientific consultants from enterprises that have embarked on joint research activities, which at the first stages are mostly of informational and educational nature. The Union of Employers of the Samara Region and the Council of Rectors of Universities in the Samara region are already taking the necessary measures to implement the described cycle of the functioning of the system SAL in the current academic year.

scholarly journals Virtual and remote laboratories augment self learning and interactions: Development, deployment and assessments with direct and online feedback

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhanush Kumar ◽  
Rakhi Radhamani ◽  
Nijin Nizar ◽  
Krishnashree Achuthan ◽  
Bipin Nair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Skill Training ◽  
Online Experiments ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Virtual Laboratories ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Laboratory Skill ◽  
Online Feedback ◽  
Self Learning

Background. Over the last few decades, in developing nations including India, there have been rapid developments in information and communication technologies with progress towards sustainable development goals facilitating universal access to education. With the aim of augmenting laboratory skill training, India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)’s National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT), launched Virtual laboratories project, enabling professors and institutions to deliver interactive animations, mathematical simulators and remotely-controlled equipment for online experiments in biosciences and engineering courses. Towards that mission of improving teaching and learning quality and with a focus on improving access to users in geographically remote and economically constrained institutes in India, we developed and deployed over 30 web-based laboratories consisting of over 360 computer-based online experiments. This paper focuses on the design, development, deployment of virtual laboratories and assesses the role of online experiments in providing self-learning and novel pedagogical practices for user communities. Methods. As part of deployment, we evaluated the role virtual laboratories in facilitating self-organized learning and usage perception as a teaching tool in a blended education system. Direct feedback data was collected through organized workshops from 386 university-level students, 192 final year higher secondary school (pre-university) students and 234 college professors from various places across India. We also included online feedback from 2012-2018 to interpret usage analysis and adaptability of virtual and remote labs by online users. Results. More than 80% of students who used virtual laboratories scored higher in examinations compared to a control group. With 386 students, 80% suggested adapted to self-learning using virtual laboratories. 82% of university teachers who employ virtual laboratories indicated using them to complement teaching material and reduce teaching time. Increase in online usage and feedback suggests novel trends in incorporating online platforms as pedagogical tools. Discussion. Feedback indicated virtual laboratories altered and enhanced student’s autonomous learning abilities and improved interaction in blended classrooms. Pedagogical analysis suggests the use of ICT-enabled virtual laboratories as a self-organized distance education learning platform for university and pre-university students from economically challenged or time-restrained environments. Online usage statistics indicated steady increase of new users on this online repository suggesting global acceptance of virtual laboratories as a complementing laboratory skill-training online repository.

The Media Diet of University Students in Italy

2012 ◽  
pp. 84-93
Author(s):  
Andrea Pozzali ◽  
Paolo Ferri
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

Developments in information and communication technologies have raised the issue of the intergenerational digital divide that can take place between “digital natives” and “digital immigrants”. Despite emphatic claims concerning how educational systems must take into account the specific characteristics of “digital natives”, sound empirical research on these topics is lacking, especially for Europe. This paper presents the results of research performed during the course of 2008, studying how university students in Italy use digital technologies. The research is based on a survey of 1086 undergraduate students at the University of Milan-Bicocca, complemented by focus groups and in-depth interviews. The results of our research show that, even if university students are familiar with digital technologies, the general possession of high level skills in accessing and using the Internet should not be taken for granted.

University students' information behavior when experiencing mental health symptoms

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Young Oh ◽  
Rachel Kornfield ◽  
Emily G. Lattie ◽  
David C. Mohr ◽  
Madhu Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
University Students ◽  
Information Behavior ◽  
Mental Health Symptoms ◽  
Health Symptoms

Preparation for E-Learning

2003 ◽  
pp. 140-155
Author(s):  
Andrew Stein
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Age Factors ◽  
First Year ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Nature Of Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Primary Focus

University students require considerable computer literacy to enter and then succeed at their studies. Many courses, whether technology focused or not, are using advanced Web technology to deliver digital content via e-learning. This chapter explores the changing nature of information and communication technology (ICT) literacy of university students and explores whether gender and age factors affect student’s ICT literacy and Web usage. The primary focus of this chapter is to ascertain if transition or freshman students are prepared for the e-learning regimes they will encounter in higher education. Main findings show that there is a significant difference in how females and males use the Web and first-year (transition) students come to university with advanced ICT and Web literacy.

scholarly journals Information and Communication Technologies to Improve Problem Solving and Self-Efficacy: Exploring Geometry Learning Using Dynamic Mathematics Software Geogebra

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Mukhtar Mukhtar ◽  
R. Ahmad Zaky El Islami ◽  
Damanhuri Damanhuri ◽  
Ferdinand Murni Hamundu
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
University Students ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Dynamic Mathematics ◽  
The University ◽  
Mathematics Software

Information and communication technologies can support learning of geometry through geogebra software. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of dynamic mathematics software geogebra towards problem solving and self-efficacy. Seventy-four university students divided to one class assigned as geogebra assisted learning and the other as using conventional learning. The results showed a significant difference of problem solving between these two groups statistically. Additionally, The results showed that there is a significant difference of self-efficacy between these two groups statistically. The results indicates that the problem solving and sef-efficacy of the university students using geogebra assisted better than using conventional learning. We can conclude that the dynamic mathematics software geogebra is effective to improve problem solving and self-efficacy

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