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Title: Online Social Networks and Computer Skills of University Students
Language: English
Authors: Barbas, Maria Potes, Valerio, Gabriel, Rodríguez-Martínez, María del Carmen
Source: International Association for Development of the Information Society. 2014.
Availability: International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 5
Publication Date: 2014
Sponsoring Agency: Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (Portugal)
Document Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Social Networks, Computer Literacy, Online Systems, College Students, Qualitative Research, Private Colleges, Educational Environment, Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Performance Factors, Skill Development, Ethnography, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Use
ISBN: 978-989-8704-08-5
Abstract: Currently a large number of college students belong to social networks and spend several hours a week on them. Some sectors of society, like parents and teachers, are concerned about the negative impact on their academic work and in their personal lives. However, because the potential positive impacts have not been explored enough, this research addresses the question: What are the characteristics of online social networks that could facilitate the development of college students' skills? The research was qualitative and was conducted in a private institution of higher education. Twenty-one college students and thirteen college teachers participated. The results show that the characteristics of social networks that favor the development of ICT skills are primarily: 1) environment conducive to learning where students can learn by playing, racing, linking and imitating; 2) rich environment in technology tools, where there are primarily face tools, external tools executed outside the social network, internal tools, and external tools executed within the social network; 3) appropriate environment for the exchange of information, where communication can be: one to one, one to many, one to all contacts and one to all followers. [Additional funding for this project was provided by FEDER through COMPETE--Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade within the PEstC/CED/UI0194/2013 project.] [For the complete proceedings, see ED557189.]
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Number of References: 14
Entry Date: 2015
Accession Number: ED557289
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