Anxiety about the effects of social media on young people has risen to such an extreme that giving children smartphones is sometimes equated to handing them a gram of cocaine. The reality is much less alarming.
A close look at social media use shows that most young texters and Instagrammers are fine. Heavy use can lead to problems, but many early studies and news headlines have overstated dangers and omitted context.
Researchers are now examining these diverging viewpoints, looking for nuance and developing better methods for measuring whether social media and related technologies have any meaningful impact on mental health.
The study explores the applications of informal Internet tools on improving the learning outcomes,
academic achievements and career advancement of the Saudi Arabian university students. A systematic
review of studies conducted on various institutions of higher learning across Saudi Arabia enabled the
researcher to evaluate the trends in the use of informal digital learning tools. The paper pools evidences
from multiple studies of similar design to examine the strengths, weaknesses and gaps in the applications of
digital technology in improving the learning outcomes, skills and knowledge acquisition among the
university students.The internet tools present the best platform for reflective practice, exhaustive knowledge
sharing, skills upgrade and accessing unlimited support services. The students capitalize on the autonomy
resulting from the informal environment to source multiple data from as many stakeholders as possible
thereby gaining holistic perspective of their areas of interest, career and other value adding co curricular
activities.The informal internet technologies have not only grown to become essential tools for reinforcing
the formal learning activities but also critical requirements for developing social competence,
interpersonal skills, and creativity.
The Debunking Handbook, a guide to debunking misinformation, is now freely available to download. Although there is a great deal of psychological research on misinformation, there's no summary of the literature that offers practical guidelines on the most effective ways of reducing the influence of myths. The Debunking Handbook boils the research down into a short, simple summary, intended as a guide for communicators in all areas (not just climate) who encounter misinformation.
Although the conceptual core of information literacy (IL), with its emphasis on acquiring abilities that enable one to ethically seek, use and create information, has remained quite stable since the term was first introduced, recent...
Citilab is a citizen laboratory for social and digital innovation in Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona. Explore and disseminate the digital impact on creative thinking, design and innovation that arise from digital culture . Citilab is a mix between a training center, a research center and an incubator of business and social initiatives.
Since this initiative was born, in 1997, and later it opened its headquarters on November 23, 2007, Citilab has promoted its activity as a digital center of citizen innovation for the dissemination and promotion of the Knowledge Society . His basic methods of work are those of the living labs: design thinking, computational thinking and user-centered co-creation . In Citilab, Internet is considered a means to innovate in a more collaborative and integrating way with the citizen in the center of the process.