How university students evaluate information found on the internet? what students say and what their teachers say

Authors

  • Txema Egaña Departamento de Comunicación Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación Mondragon Unibertsitatea
  • Aitor Zuberogoitia Departamento de Comunicación Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación Mondragon Unibertsitatea
  • Amaia Pavón Departamento de Comunicación Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación Mondragon Unibertsitatea
  • Luis Brazo Departamento de Comunicación Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación Mondragon Unibertsitatea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21556/edutec.2012.42.347

Keywords:

Evaluación de información, Credibilidad, Alfabetización digital, Estudiantes universitarios, Internet

Abstract

This study was intended to understand how university students evaluate information found on the Internet. The study was carried out at Mondragon University (The Basque Country, Spain). Participants were 140 students and 32 of their teachers of the Audiovisual Communication Bachelor Degree. Quantitative data was collected using two questionnaires with information searching tasks and opinion items, one for the students and other for getting the opinion of the teachers about how their students evaluate the information they found on Internet. Qualitative data was collected through five different focus groups. Findings suggest that when evaluating the information the students check mainly the aspect of the document or web page, the actuality of the information and where information has been published.

 

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Published

20-12-2012

How to Cite

Egaña, T., Zuberogoitia, A., Pavón, A., & Brazo, L. (2012). How university students evaluate information found on the internet? what students say and what their teachers say. Edutec, Revista Electrónica De Tecnología Educativa, (42), a221. https://doi.org/10.21556/edutec.2012.42.347

Issue

No. 42 (2012): Edutec Nº 42 - Diciembre 2012

Section

Journal articles

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