Information technologies, students’ e-skills and diversity of learning process

Abstract

Driven by Information Technologies (IT), universities are changing in depth the nature and forms of learning processes, which are intended to prepare students to a better entry into the labour market. In this paper, we focus on the evolution of students' use of IT in such an institution characterized by organizational changes and we analyse the determinants of students' e-skills using a dataset of French university students. We show that students' involvement in the use of IT increases their e-skills. IT learning by doing and IT learning by using also increase some categories of students' e-skills. In addition, collaborative and cooperative learning are positively associated with students' advanced e-skills.

The development of discourse in the online environment: between technology and multiculturalism

“…Additionally, one of the central insights gained following data analysis was that the technological environment is transformed into a space in which the narrative weave takes on life in different ways, built, in principle, from four types of discourse: the personal-autobiographical, the professional, the disciplinary, and the ethno-cultural (Romero et al, 2013;Youssef et al, 2015). This narrative weave constitutes an intimate and reliable multi-discourse space existing between the participants -one in which they can comfortably conduct, and allow themselves to become involved in, a discussion.…”

“…As a result of the technological revolution and the accelerated development of online learning, today we frequently find students from different social and cultural backgrounds meeting in a shared online educational space (Avidov-Ungar & Eshet-Alkalai, 2014; Moore, Shattuck, & Al-Harthi, 2012;Youssef, Dahmani, & Omrani, 2015).…”

“…Many researchers have looked at various research issues arising from this phenomenon within the teaching and learning processes taking place in the online space: they have run comparative studies of distance vs. face-to-face learning, researched interaction within discussion groups, and studied perceptions of online lecturers (Huang, Lin, & Huang, 2012;Kahiigi Kigozi, Ekenberg, Hansson, Tusubira, & Danielson, 2008;Youssef et al, 2015). In recent years, moreover, much research has been dedicated to the significance of the technological environment and its impact on the perception of literacy, both cultural and digital (Alvermann & Eakle, 2007;Aviram & Eshet-Alkalai, 2006;Eshet-Alkalai, 2004;Schachter & Galili-Schachter, 2012;Weiser, Blau, & Eshet-Alkalai, 2018).…”

El método micro-textual como herramienta de análisis de foros en línea en contextos multiculturales

“…La revolución tecnológico-digital impactó notoriamente en el campo de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje (Avidov-Ungar & Eshet-Alkalai, 2014; Kale & Goh, 2014;Youssef, Dahmani, & Omrani, 2015). En el marco de la misma, surgieron investigaciones en campos diversos como: los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje en los entornos virtuales; investigaciones comparativas entre la enseñanza en línea y la enseñanza presencial; la interacción en los foros en línea, y las concepciones docentes acerca de la enseñanza virtual (Hung, 2012;Youssef et al, 2015).…”

“…En el marco de la misma, surgieron investigaciones en campos diversos como: los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje en los entornos virtuales; investigaciones comparativas entre la enseñanza en línea y la enseñanza presencial; la interacción en los foros en línea, y las concepciones docentes acerca de la enseñanza virtual (Hung, 2012;Youssef et al, 2015).…”