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Computer science students’ use of the internet for academic purposes: difficulties and learning processes
Computer Science Education ( IF 3.0 ) Pub Date : 2018-07-03 , DOI: 10.1080/08993408.2018.1528045
Yifat Ben-David Kolikant 1 , Ze’ev ma'ayan 1
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ABSTRACT Higher-education students now have more alternatives for searching for information than previous generations had. The Internet is a vast ocean of information sources, albeit with diverse reliability and quality. In Web 2.0 platforms, any participant can be a content creator. This reality is challenging for both the instructors and the students. We conducted interviews with 12 Computer Science students and 8 instructors from two universities to (a) identify the difficulties students encounter, if at all, (b) identify the learning processes that students undergo, if at all, when using the Internet for their CS studies, in particular, programming tasks; and (c) elicit instructors’ perceptions of students’ use of the Internet. Both students and instructors agreed that although using the Internet is not trivial, direct teaching of this skill is unnecessary. Instructors differed in their attitudes towards students’ use of the internet. We found that in the first year the students’ use of the Internet and their difficulties are similar to reports in the empirical literature, and echo the instructors’ concerns. However, after extensive experience, students undergo a learning process, and their ability to navigate the myriad sources, as well as to search, manage, and effectively evaluate Internet sources improves. Students mentioned their improved abilities to code as a means to effectively evaluate information sources.

中文翻译:

计算机科学专业学生将互联网用于学术目的:困难和学习过程

摘要 与前几代人相比,高等教育学生现在有更多的信息搜索选择。互联网是信息源的浩瀚海洋,尽管可靠性和质量各不相同。在 Web 2.0 平台中,任何参与者都可以成为内容创建者。这种现实对教师和学生都具有挑战性。我们对来自两所大学的 12 名计算机科学专业的学生和 8 名教师进行了采访,以 (a) 确定学生遇到的困难,如果有的话,(b) 确定学生在使用 Internet 进行计算机科学时所经历的学习过程(如果有的话)研究,特别是编程任务;(c) 引导教师对学生使用互联网的看法。学生和教师都同意,虽然使用互联网并非易事,没有必要直接教授这项技能。教师对学生使用互联网的态度各不相同。我们发现,第一年学生使用互联网的情况和他们的困难与实证文献中的报道相似,与教师的担忧相呼应。但是,经过丰富的经验,学生会经历一个学习过程,他们在海量资源中导航以及搜索、管理和有效评估互联网资源的能力得到提高。学生们提到他们改进的编码能力是有效评估信息来源的一种手段。并回应导师的担忧。但是,经过丰富的经验,学生会经历一个学习过程,他们在海量资源中导航以及搜索、管理和有效评估互联网资源的能力得到提高。学生们提到他们改进的编码能力是有效评估信息来源的一种手段。并回应导师的担忧。然而,经过丰富的经验,学生会经历一个学习过程,他们在海量资源中导航以及搜索、管理和有效评估互联网资源的能力得到提高。学生们提到他们改进的编码能力是有效评估信息来源的一种手段。
更新日期:2018-07-03
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