Distance students and online research: Promoting information literacy through media literacy

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-175

  Van De Vord, Rebecca ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Critical thinking; Distance education; Elearning; Information literacy; Information seeking; Media literacy

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; CRITICAL EVALUATION; CRITICAL THINKING; CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS; DISTANCE STUDENTS; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION SOCIETY; INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER; MEASURE OF INFORMATION; ON-LINE INFORMATION; ONLINE RESEARCH; ONLINE SURVEYS; RESEARCH NEEDS;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION USE; RESEARCH; SEARCH ENGINES; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77955231064     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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