Relational analysis of medical students' Internet attitudes and online Information commitments

Cheng Yen Hou, Jui Chi Wu, Yi Fang Su, Jyh Chong Liang

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Abstract

The Internet has become the most widely used resource of information, it influenced the mediation of teaching and learning. Therefore, this study attempted to investigate whether Internet attitude affect the university medical students' Information commitments. Furthermore, the relationships between Internet attitudes and medical students' Information commitments were examined as well. This paper explored 405 medical university students (148 males and 311 females) from 6 medical universities in Taiwan. This study utilized two questionnaires to respectively survey the medical students' information attitudes and their online information commitment. Exploratory factor analyses revealed that both the questionnaires are adequately reliable and valid for medical students. In addition, the regression analyses revealed that medical students' Internet attitudes were viewed as predictors to explain their standards of judging online information and their search strategies on the Web.

Original languageEnglish
Pages263-270
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event20th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2012 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 2012 Nov 262012 Nov 30

Other

Other20th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2012
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period2012/11/262012/11/30

Keywords

  • Information commitments
  • Internet attitudes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)
  • Education

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