COMPARISON OF INTERNET USAGE HABITS IN TWO GENERATIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS - A Case Study

Rosalina Babo, Carla Teixeira Lopes, Ana Cláudia Rodrigues, Mário Pinto, Ricardo Queirós, Paulo Coelho de Oliveira

2010

Abstract

To understand the importance of technologies like the Internet and Learning Management Systems to Higher Education students’ learning activities, this study characterizes the Internet access behaviour of Polytechnic of Porto (IPP)’ students. Student’s habits were obtained through a questionnaire that was answered by 10% of all IPP students. Our analysis is focused not only on the global Internet usage profile under the Polytechnic of Porto, but also on the differences between the students born before and after 1980. International trends are confirmed in this Portuguese Higher Education institution.

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Babo R., Teixeira Lopes C., Cláudia Rodrigues A., Pinto M., Queirós R. and Coelho de Oliveira P. (2010). COMPARISON OF INTERNET USAGE HABITS IN TWO GENERATIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS - A Case Study . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-674-023-8, pages 415-418. DOI: 10.5220/0002779804150418


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@conference{csedu10,
author={Rosalina Babo and Carla Teixeira Lopes and Ana Cláudia Rodrigues and Mário Pinto and Ricardo Queirós and Paulo Coelho de Oliveira},
title={COMPARISON OF INTERNET USAGE HABITS IN TWO GENERATIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS - A Case Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2010},
pages={415-418},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002779804150418},
isbn={978-989-674-023-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - COMPARISON OF INTERNET USAGE HABITS IN TWO GENERATIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS - A Case Study
SN - 978-989-674-023-8
AU - Babo R.
AU - Teixeira Lopes C.
AU - Cláudia Rodrigues A.
AU - Pinto M.
AU - Queirós R.
AU - Coelho de Oliveira P.
PY - 2010
SP - 415
EP - 418
DO - 10.5220/0002779804150418