6 research outputs found
Information gathering strategies in online social networks: a survey of librarians in selected geo-political zones in Nigeria
The purpose of this study was to ascertain librariansâ perception of online social networks and identify their strategies for gathering information. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The study population was made up of 317 librarians from 29 university libraries in three geo-political zones in Nigeria. Sampling was enumerative. A questionnaire was used for data collection. Data collected were analysed using frequency and percentage counts. Findings from the study revealed that majority of the respondents have positive perception of online social networks. Information gathering strategies where also found to be mostly: looking at profile information to identify whom to follow; visiting social networking sites often and joining professional discussion groups. The least used strategies for gathering information were equally identified as: searching through the posts/comments of other users and viewing members update. Based on the findings, the study concluded that librarians in Nigeria use mainly targeted asking technique for gathering information. Suggestions were also made to improve information gathering on online social networks
INTEGRATION OF ICT IN EFL/ESL TEACHERS' TRAINING AND SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS AS PERCEIVED BY THE TRAINERS
Purpose of Study: The current study aimed at revealing the integration of information and communications technology (ICT) in EFL/ESL teachers' training and self-efficacy beliefs as perceived by trainers. A group of (64) trainers from different countries (Palestine, UK, USA, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq) completed the two instruments of the study.
Methodology: The first instrument was a survey of the actuality of ICT integration in the training; it comprises (47) items distributed into nine domains, i.e. PowerPoint, Facebook, Wiki, YouTube, Blogs, Email, Google, Mobile, and Platform\E-course. The second instrument was a self-efficacy scale which consists of (14) items. The results of trainers' responses revealed that Emails, Mobile, and Google are often used with relative weights (%78.59, %68.13, and %68.02) respectively, whereas Wikis were never used i.e. relative weight (%28.96). The differences in integrating ICTs between male and female trainers were statistically insignificant. Furthermore, there were no statistically significant differences due to the respondents' period of experience.
Results: The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the respondents' integration of ICT due to country of origin. The trainers' self-efficacy wobbles between 66.88 and 58.13 with a total of 61.70, which is moderate. Based on the study findings, the researchers recommend arousing trainers and trainees' awareness regarding integrating more ICTs in their training courses and encouraging them to try the different ICTs which make it easier for trainees to grasp the training material
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The sample in this research is 385 Thai people who have used any kind of online social networks. The questionnaire is used to collect data which are analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Independent sample t-test, One-Way Analysis of Variance and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.The research results revealed that:1. Most of online social network users are female, aged 16â25 years old, single status and have earned a bachelor degree or equivalent, private company employees and having income 5,001â15,000 Baht per month. Facebook is a social network that is used the most and frequently. The main using purpose is to connect with friends. They use online social network for 2-3 hours everyday during 8.01 p.m.â00.00 a.m. with more than 4 years of online social network experience. The most perception of online social networks advertising is from Facebook at moderate level. The response process factors found that most of online social network users response at low level.2. The result of hypotheses testing found that:2.1 Online social network users with the different gender, age and occupation have different response process at statistically significant level of 0.05.2.2 Online social network users with the different using purpose, online social network experience, and using duration have different response process at statistically significant level of 0.05.2.3 The perception of direct advertising from network of friends on online social network, direct advertising on online social networks, and indirect advertising of a group on online social network have relationship with response process at statistically significant level of 0.05.Keywords: Social Network, Advertising, AIDA, Perception, Marketing Communicatio
A Grounded Theory Study Exploring the Technology Decisions Mothers Make for Their Preschool Age Children in the Home Environment
The purpose of this systematic grounded theory study was to explore the technology decision process mothers use when making technology decisions for their preschool age (3-5 years) children in the home environment. I used snowball and maximum variation sampling procedures to purposefully select 18 mothers of preschool age children living in urban, suburban, and rural areas located in and around a college town in central Virginia. Data gathered from questionnaires, participant interviews, and focus groups were analyzed and findings revealed mothersâ technology decisions are a multi-dimensional process whereby they situationally reflect to form technology preferences which promote intentionality and individuality in the technology decisions they make for themselves and their children. The results of this study addressed the research gap regarding mothersâ technology decisions for their children by connecting and broadening theoretical understanding of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model (Venkatesh, Morris, Davis, & Davis, 2003) and the Process-Person-Context-Time (PPCT) model (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 1998) through three new constructs: reflecting situationally, promoting intentionality, and valuing individuality
Perception of online social networks
This paper examines data derived from an application on Facebook.com that investigates the relations among members of their online social network. It confirms that online social networks are more often used to maintain weak connections but that a subset of users focus on strong connections, determines that connection intensity to both connected people predicts perceptual accuracy, and shows that intra-group connections are perceived more accurately. Surprisingly, a user's sex does not influence accuracy, and one's number of friends only mildly correlates with accuracy indicating a flexible underlying cognitive structure. Users' reports of significantly increased numbers of weak connections indicate increased diversity of information flow to users. In addition the approach and dataset represent a candidate "ground truth" for other proximity metrics. Finally, implications in epidemiology, information transmission, network analysis, human behavior, economics, and neuroscience are summarized. Over a period of two weeks, 14,051 responses were gathered from 166 participants, approximately 80 per participant, which overlapped on 588 edges representing 1341 responses, approximately 10% of the total. Participants were primarily university-age students from English-speaking countries, and included 84 males and 82 females. Responses represent a random sampling of each participant's online connections, representing 953,969 possible connections, with the average participant having 483 friends. Offline research has indicated that people maintain approximately 8-10 strong connections from an average of 150-250 friends. These data indicate that people maintain online approximately 40 strong ties and 185 weak ties over an average of 483 friends. Average inter-group accuracy was below the guessing rate at 0.32, while accuracy on intra-group connections converged to the guessing rate, 0.5, as group size increased.</p
Redes sociais on-line como veÃculo de aprendizagem informal de estudantes do ensino superior
Esta investigaçÃĢo teve como objetivo analisar o uso e a percepçÃĢo que os alunos do ensino superior tÊm das redes sociais on-line como veÃculo de aprendizagem informal. Esta pesquisa descritiva e quantitativa aplicou questionÃĄrios a 1.202 alunos do ensino superior em Portugal. O estudo revelou que os sites de redes sociais ainda sÃĢo vistos principalmente como um espaço pessoal para manter contatos. AlÃĐm disso, revelou que os fatores conexÃĢo, interaçÃĢo e colaboraçÃĢo atravÃĐs de redes sociais on-line podem ser um novo caminho ainda pouco explorado nos estudos sobre a aprendizagem informal. A maioria dos alunos interage quase todos os dias com seus cÃrculos de amigos por meio dessas ferramentas, isso mostra que as redes sociais na internet podem ser vistas como um valioso espaço distinto de aprendizagem em comparaçÃĢo aos espaços de aprendizagem institucionais e formais. Os estudantes pesquisados percebem que as redes sociais podem ser Úteis para adquirir conhecimento e podem ajudÃĄ-los a expressar e publicar suas prÃģprias opiniÃĩes.Ce mÃĐmoire de recherche a eu comme objectif analyser lâusage et la perception que les ÃĐtudiants de lâenseignement supÃĐrieure ont des rÃĐseaux socionumÃĐriques en tant quâespace dâapprentissage informel. Cette enquÊte descriptive et quantitative a aplique un questionnaire à 1.202 à des ÃĐtudiants de lâenseignement supÃĐrieur au Portugal. LâÃĐtude a rÃĐvÃĐlÃĐ que les rÃĐseaux socionumÃĐriques sont toujours vus principalement comme un espace personnel pour garder le contact. En outre, il a rÃĐvÃĐlÃĐ que les facteurs de connexion, dâinteraction et de collaboration à travers les rÃĐseaux socionumÃĐriques peuvent reprÃĐsenter un nouveau chemin encore peu explorÃĐ par les ÃĐtudes sur lâapprentissage informel. La plupart des ÃĐtudiants interagissent presque tous les jours avec ses cercles dâamis à travers ces outils, ce qui dÃĐmontre que les rÃĐseaux socionumÃĐriques peuvent Être aperçus comme un prÃĐcieux espace distincte dâapprentissage en comparaison avec les espaces dâapprentissage institutionnels et formels. Les ÃĐtudiants participants avouent que les rÃĐseaux socionumÃĐriques peuvent Être utiles pour acquÃĐrir des connaissances et peuvent aussi leur aider à sâexprimer et à publier leurs propres opinions.Esta investigaciÃģn tiene como objetivo, analizar el uso y la percepciÃģn que los alumnos de enseÃąanza superior tienen sobre las redes sociales en lÃnea como un vehÃculo para el aprendizaje informal. En este estudio de tipo descriptivo y cuantitativo se aplicaron 1.202 cuestionarios a los estudiantes de educaciÃģn superior en Portugal. La investigaciÃģn revelÃģ que los sitios de redes sociales todavÃa son vistos principalmente como un espÃĄcio personal para mantener contactos. AdemÃĄs de ello, mostrÃģ que los factores, conexiÃģn, interacciÃģn y colaboraciÃģn a travÃĐs de las redes sociales en lÃnea, pueden ser un nuevo camino, aÚn poco explorado, en los estudios sobre el aprendizaje informal. La mayorÃa de los alumnos interactÚa casi todos los dÃas con su cÃrculo de amigos por medio de estas herramientas, esto pone de manifiesto que las redes sociales en Internet pueden ser vistas como un valioso espacio siendo a la vez un espacio distinto de aprendizaje en comparaciÃģn con los espacios de aprendizaje institucionales y formales. Los estudiantes que participaron en el estudio perciben que las redes sociales pueden ser Útiles para adquirir conocimiento y pueden ayudarles a expresar y a publicar sus propias opiniones.This descriptive and quantitative research aimed to analyze students in higher education regarding their use and perception of online social networks as a vehicle for their informal learning. 1,202 students in higher education in Portugal participated in this investigation by answering questionnaires used to obtain the data. The study revealed that social network sites are still primarily seen as a personal space to maintain contacts. It also revealed that connection, interaction and collaboration through social network sites can be seen as a new path yet to be more explored in studies of informal learning. Most students interact almost daily with their circles of friends through those tools. It shows that social network sites can also be seen as a valuable distinct learning space, in comparison to institutional and formal learning spaces. The surveyed students perceive that social networks can be useful to gain knowledge and can help them to express and publish their own opinions