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Information searching strategies in web-based science learning: the role of internet self-efficacy Meng-Jung Tsai, Center for Teacher Education, National Taipei University, Taiwan C hin-Chung Tsai, Center for Teacher Education, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan     The purpose of this study was to explore students’ information searching strategies in Web-based science learning activities and further examine the influence of students’ Internet self-efficacy on these strategies. One of the greatest benefits of Web-based learning activities is to allow students to participate in learning as active and self-directed participants. However, students with experiences only of traditional didactic teaching methods may have problems adapting to this new approach. According to Bandura (1996), self-efficacy influences people’s choice of activities, how much effort they will expend, and how long they will sustain effort in dealing with stressful situation...

  Reading and writing about literature on the Internet. Two innovative experiences with blogs in higher education María del Rosario Neira-Piñeiro * Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Department of Education Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain 30 September 2015   This paper is focused on the value of blogs for literary education in Teacher Training. In spite of the studies about educational uses of blogs, currently there is a paucity of research on specific didactic experiences. This paper describes two innovative experiences with ICT in teacher training by means of the development of two blogs about children’s and young adults’ literature. This paper is focused on the value of blogs for literary education in Teacher Training. In spite of the studies about educational uses of blogs, currently there is a paucity of research on specific didactic experiences. A blog or weblog is ‘a website that is updated regularly and organized chronologically ac...