Tag Archives: critical thinking

Undergraduate Students’ Critical Online Reasoning

To successfully learn using open Internet resources, students must be able to critically search, evaluate and select online information, and verify sources. Defined as critical online reasoning (COR), this construct is operationalized on two levels in our study: (1) the … Continue reading

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How has Google Affected the Way Students Learn?

Now, with the advent of personal assistants like Siri and Google Now that aim to serve up information before you even know you need it, you don’t even need to type the questions. Just say the words and you’ll have … Continue reading

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Exploring Curation as a core Competency in Digital and Media Literacy Education

In today’s hypermedia landscape, youth and young adults are increasingly using social media platforms, online aggregators and mobile applications for daily information use.  Communication educators, armed with a host of free, easy-to-use online tools, have the ability to create dynamic … Continue reading

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Cultivating Critical Thinking Through E-learning Environment and Tools – A Review

Critical thinking is one of the main goals of higher education to train dependant and reasonable thinker as an efficient citizenship in modern society. Researchers and instructors in the world attempt to assess the level of students’ critical thinking in … Continue reading

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Critical Digital Studies: A Reader

Critical Digital Studies: A Reader is about technology and society, from the potential of digital devices to shape the ways in which we understand the world and communicate with one another to the yet-unexplored implications of technological innovations — mobile … Continue reading

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Citelighter – A Critical Thinking Platform

Citelighter – a platform geared specifically towards teachers to help them hone in on the cognitive process of their students. The teacher platform builds off of the existing student platform, and uses the information students input to analyze their critical … Continue reading

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