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Title:
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APPROPRIATION AND USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) BY FIRST YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THEIR ACADEMIC AND SOCIALIZATION ACTIVITIES |
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Author(s):
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Miguel Ángel Herrera-batista , María Dolores González-martínez |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-58-4 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2008 |
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Edition:
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V II, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), computer literacy, higher education, social networks. |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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152 |
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Last Page:
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156 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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A study carried out in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, the biggest public university in México
City), is presented in this paper. It is a survey applied to 346 undergraduate students in their first year at the university, to
inquire about their habits, abilities and preferences on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in
their academic process and in their socialization activities. In recent years an ascending tendency in the availability and
use of Internet in the country has been noted. Higher education institutions are interested to know how the undergraduate
students use these digital tools in his academic process. The results provide evidence on how the ICT are a part of the
students social - communicative environment since they initiate their professional schooling. In their academic and
socialization activities, the students frequently use cellular phones, Internet navigation, instantaneous messaging, email,
discussion boards and social network services. Besides, for a great part of the students, it is important to belong to some
Internet social community. |
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