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The research skills killer.
The research skills killer
Widening access to technology has not improved the information literacy of young people. Indeed, digital media's ease of use hides some very worrying trends. For example, the speed at which young people conduct web searches means they spend little time evaluating information for accuracy or authority. They also appear to have little understanding of their information needs and so find it difficult to develop what information professionals would see as effective search strategies.
This is the sobering assessment made by the British Library and JISC's cIber research study to discover whether the Google generation (defined as those born after 1993) are searching for content in effective new ways as a result of the sheer amount of information and resources that are held digitally.
Worryingly endemic among young users of technology (although surely not exclusive to them) is a propensity to bounce or flick across digital and internet resources. It's a practice that turns people into viewers rather than readers, and ...
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- Magazine article from: Australian Nursing Journal Mackenzie, Eileen August 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Primary Health Care Crumbie, Alison Barnes, Heather April 1, 2003 700+ words
...practice that they are unable to take time out to develop research skills and explore areas of concern in primary health care. Two...supervisor who was able to help the team develop important key research skills at strategic moments during the project. The aim of this...
Source: HighBeam Research, The research skills killer.