Chinese students and their use of the web for research
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OK, I am off to China tomorrow to conduct an information literacy related study in Beijing. I am excited but also nervous. Here is a preliminary write up of what I will be doing for those interested. I am hopeful for a 2008 publication data of my findings. I should be back in the USA the week of July 9th.My internet access will be spotty the next few weeks. I will not be posting to this blog and comments will not be moderated until I return.AbstractI will be conducting a study this summer in Beijing, China of Chinese college students. The study will consist of interviewing students about how they use the World Wide Web to find information for school assignments. In particular, the students will be asked how they go about finding information and how they know if the information they find on the Web is scholarly or factual. It is hoped that the results of this study will help educators outside of China understand the likely Web use habits of these students when the Chinese students are studying at institutions of higher education outside of China.ProtocolThe research for this study will be conducted at the North China University of Technology in Beijing, China. The research will be solely conducted by me. I am the Head of Reference Services at the Park Library of Central Michigan University. I have taken several graduate level courses in qualitative research methods at Kent State University, Michigan State University, and Central Michigan University. I have also conducted research using this methodology in the past and have published a paper based upon it.The data will be collected in interviews with Chinese college students in Beijing, China. I will take notes as I listen to their responses. I will also be tape recording each interview. After returning to Michigan, I will review the notes and then transcribe the data from the tapes. I will import the transcribed data into the NVIVO7 software program. I will then use the software to identify and highlight themes. …
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