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Objective – This study investigated usage, perceptions, and awareness of library research guides created using Springshare’s LibGuides among undergraduate and graduate health professions students. Methods – The researchers recruited 100 health professions students in April 2017 from Hunter College, a senior college within the City University of New York system. Participants were asked to complete a paper survey to ascertain their use, perceptions, and awareness of Springhare’s LibGuides. Results – Nearly two-thirds of study participants were not aware of library-created LibGuides and 68% had never used this tool. Compared to undergraduates, graduate students were more likely to be aware of LibGuides. The use of LibGuides was higher among graduate respondents (43%) than their undergraduate counterparts (30%). The study found low awareness and use of LibGuides among health professions students overall, regardless of age, gender, academic level, and health sciences concentration. Physical therapy students were more likely to use and be familiar with LibGuides than nursing, medical laboratory sciences, and speech-language pathology and audiology students. Participants reported using general subject guides more than course-specific guides, and the most commonly used page was the Databases guide. Of those participants who had used LibGuides, the vast majority (97%) said they found them useful in their studies. Conclusion – This study demonstrates low usage and awareness of LibGuides among health professions students at a large urban public college. Findings suggest a need for academic libraries serving such students to develop and implement strategies to promote awareness and increase usage of online research guides. The researchers recommend instructing with LibGuides during information literacy sessions and demonstrating their usefulness during reference consultations. Additional strategies include linking LibGuides to course sites through learning management systems such as Blackboard and collaborating with faculty members to better inform students about the guides.
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Student engagement has an important role in academic achievement in all learning contexts, including e-learning environments. The extent of monitoring and promoting student engagement in e-learning affects the quality of education and is a determining factor for ensuring student’s success. Log data of students’ activities recorded in a learning management system (LMS) can be used to measure their level of engagement in the online teaching–learning process. No previous studies have been found stating a consistent and systematically raised list of LMS-based student engagement indicators, so this systematized review aimed to fulfill this gap. The authors performed an advanced search in the PubMed, Ovid, Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, Emerald, and ERIC databases to retrieve relevant original peer-reviewed articles published until the end of June 2021. Reviewing the 32 included articles resulted in 27 indicators that were categorized into three themes and six categories as follows: (a) log-in and usage (referring to LMS, access to course material), (b) student performance (assignments, assessments), and (c) communication (messaging, forum participation). Among the categories, access to course material and messaging were the most and the least mentioned, respectively.
Keywords: e-learning, student engagement, learning management system, LMS, log data
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Objective – The purpose of this quantitative study was to measure the impact of providing research struggle videos on first-year students’ research self-efficacy. The three-part video series explicated and briefly addressed common first-year roadblocks related to searching, evaluating, and caring about sources. The null hypothesis tested was that students would have similar research self-efficacy scores, regardless of exposure to the video series. Methods – The study was a quasi-experimental, nonequivalent control group design. The population included all 22 sections (N = 359) of First-Year Writing affiliated with the FASTrack Learning Community at the University of Mississippi. Of 22 sections, 12 (N = 212) served as the intervention group exposed to the videos, while the other 10 (N = 147) served as the control group. A research self-efficacy pretest – posttest measure was administered to all students. In addition, all 22 sections, regardless of control or intervention status, received a face-to-face one-shot library instruction session. Results – As a whole, this study failed to reject the null hypothesis. Students exposed to the research struggle videos reported similar research self-efficacy scores as students who were not exposed to the videos. A significant difference, however, did exist between all students’ pretest and posttest scores, suggesting that something else, possibly the in-person library session, did have an impact on students’ research self-efficacy. Conclusion – Although students’ research self-efficacy may have increased due to the presence of an in-person library session, this current research was most interested in evaluating the effect of providing supplemental instruction via struggle videos for first-year students. As this was not substantiated, it is recommended that researchers review the findings and limitations of this current study in order to identify more effective approaches in providing instructional support for first-year students’ research struggles.
Keywords: library instruction, quasiexperiment, video tutorials
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Libreville has experienced accelerated urbanization in recent decades at the expense of cultivated areas. Today, actors in this sector are facing land tenure insecurity. An analysis of the reconversion of flood zones that cannot be built for agricultural needs is presented. The objective is, on the one hand, to identify and assess the dynamics of the agricultural areas and built between 2008 and 2020; on the other hand, to determine the strategies of farmers to adapt to the expansion of the city. The methodological approach used combines multisource satellite data, interviews and field surveys, in order to propose a model of the explanatory factors for the location of current market garden sites, from an implementation of the data in a GIS. Finally, the mapping of agricultural areas dynamics reveals the degradation of agriculture by the construction and evolution of exploited spaces which include those five parameters. At the same time, lands that cannot be built on because of the flood, but also those near urban areas, are gradually occupied by farmers as the city grows.
Keywords: Libreville, agriculture urbaine, activité maraîchère, zones inondables, constructions, analyse spatiale, Libreville, Urban Agriculture, Market Gardening, Flood Zones, Urbanization, Spatial Analysis
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In this paper, we will explore the phenomenon of attention capture and its commodification, using virtual personal assistants as an example. The latter will be presented as the concrete personification of the abstract mechanisms of capitalist domination. They will then appear as an example of a perverse practice of “taking care,” that of a diversion of care for predatory purposes. To support this statement, we will use the notions of “dirty care” and “phenomenology of the prey” developed by Elsa Dorlin in Se défendre, une philosophie de la violence, as well as the analysis of digital capitalism as predatory capitalism deployed in Techno-féodalisme, critique de l'économie numérique by Cédric Durand. To fully understand the context in which these virtual personal assistants are deployed, we will mobilize the concept of “algorithmic mediation” in the era of big data upstream by identifying four of its methods of intervention in reality; modalities that are fully in line with the logic of surveillance capitalism. At the end of our analysis, we will state that this surveillance capitalism—as it presents itself through virtual personal assistants—has all the appearances of a “predatory” digital capitalism whose capture (or even appropriation) of attention is facilitated by the protective and attentive face through which it manifests itself.
Keywords: médiation algorithmique, assistante personnelle virtuelle, care, dirty care, prédation, capitalisme de surveillance, algorithmic mediation, virtual personal assistant, care, dirty care, predation, surveillance capitalism
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This article is part of a PhD research and investigates the impact of rapid technological evolution, focusing on the adoption of smart mobile devices (SMD), such as smartphones, tablets and laptops, and applications (app) in the personal lives of higher education professors in the area of Information Science. In addition, gaps are identified in existing research, emphasizing the need to understand how SMD is used in personal activities for personal knowledge management (PKM) practices and infocommunication. Specific objectives include identifying the most commonly used SMDs and apps, the frequency of such use, and how they are used for those practices. The methodology is qualitative, triangulating the integrative review with a questionnaire (N-10). The results point to interest in device ecologies for PKM and Info-communication, with communication apps (text and voice) and e-mail being the most important for teachers. It is hoped that the results of this study can contribute to the advancement of knowledge about the use of SMD by teachers and to the development of a generic descriptive model of infocommunicational behaviour and PKM that can be applied in other contexts.
Keywords: Higher Education Professors, Infocommunication, Personal Knowledge Management, Smart mobile devices, Technological evolution impact
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Most theories of strategic change focus on established firms. Little research examines how early-stage entrepreneurs decide to change their strategies and pivot in an international context (Kirtley & O'Mahony, 2019). To better understand how Born Globals (BG) pivot during their rapid internationalization, we study digital technology-based mobile game development BGs. We found that pivots are mostly driven by changes in individual Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) components. Using effectuation/causation theory, this study contributes to the understanding of both pivots in born globals and the role of changes in individual EO components over time.
Keywords: Entrepreneurial orientation, pivots, born-globals, internationalization, Orientation entrepreneuriale, pivots, born-globals, internationalization, Orientación empresarial, pivotes, Born Globals, Internacionalización
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The migration to online learning has brought about several new problems. Poor signal quality, large Internet quotas, and device compatibility with learning applications are the most common complaints among students. Additionally, students’ poor self-directed learning skills, the excessive number of assignments given by teachers, and the use of monotonous teaching methods and media are also identified as issues. Therefore, the development of learning media that facilitate students’ learning processes and support their active engagement becomes crucial. This research aimed to develop PDF hyperlink learning media for online Arabic language learning at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 4 in Hulu Sungai Tengah District, South Kalimantan, Indonesia (MAN 4 HST). The research model used in this study is the 4D model, consisting of four stages: define, design, develop, and disseminate. In this research, layout and accessibility received good validation scores of 4.3, and the presentation of the contents received a good validation score of 4.2. Additionally, the Wilcoxon test results indicated that the use of PDF hyperlink media significantly influences learning outcomes and receives positive feedback from students. Thus, the use of PDF hyperlink media is recommended for educational institutions experiencing digital divides, as well as those implementing asynchronous learning.
Keywords: Arabic learning, asynchronous, learning media, online learning, PDF hyperlink