Knowledge and Use of Google Educational Tools by Postgraduate Students in a Ghanaian University
This study examined postgraduates’ knowledge and usage of Google educational tools. The study was conducted in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with 350 respondents. A purposive sampling technique that allows researchers to use their judgments in selecting participants for...
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| description | This study examined postgraduates’ knowledge and usage of Google educational tools. The study was conducted in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with 350 respondents. A purposive sampling technique that allows researchers to use their judgments in selecting participants for research was used to select the participants for this study. A questionnaire was used as the data collection instrument, and it was sent to only the participants who attended a series of information literacy training sessions organized by the authors. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS software. The study revealed that most students use Google as their search engine, and Google Scholar was the most popular Google educational tool. The students gained knowledge of these tools through their colleagues, on their own, through workshops, seminars, and conferences, and their lecturers. The respondents also mentioned some challenges, such as requests to pay to access articles and slow Internet. Some recommendations, such as more education by academic librarians to encourage students to use these free tools and efforts by the students themselves to learn how to use these tools, were made. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e0222a48a6c49d3a40b1a454df7e7272024-03-09T06:17:26ZengRegional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST)International Journal of Information Science and Management2008-83022008-83102024-01-0122111510.22034/ijism.2023.1977723.0709474Knowledge and Use of Google Educational Tools by Postgraduate Students in a Ghanaian UniversityEdward Borteye0Richard Lamptey1Esther White2Setsoafia Humphrey-Ackumey3Senior Assistant Librarian, Library and Information Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.Deputy Librarian, Library and Information Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.Deputy Librarian, Library and Information Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.Junior Assistant Librarian, Library and Information Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.This study examined postgraduates’ knowledge and usage of Google educational tools. The study was conducted in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with 350 respondents. A purposive sampling technique that allows researchers to use their judgments in selecting participants for research was used to select the participants for this study. A questionnaire was used as the data collection instrument, and it was sent to only the participants who attended a series of information literacy training sessions organized by the authors. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS software. The study revealed that most students use Google as their search engine, and Google Scholar was the most popular Google educational tool. The students gained knowledge of these tools through their colleagues, on their own, through workshops, seminars, and conferences, and their lecturers. The respondents also mentioned some challenges, such as requests to pay to access articles and slow Internet. Some recommendations, such as more education by academic librarians to encourage students to use these free tools and efforts by the students themselves to learn how to use these tools, were made.https://ijism.isc.ac/article_709474_efc5c9bc9464d5b118eb49a03e77a3fe.pdfgooglegoogle educational toolsgoogle productsstudentspostgraduatesghanaian university |
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| title | Knowledge and Use of Google Educational Tools by Postgraduate Students in a Ghanaian University |
| title_full | Knowledge and Use of Google Educational Tools by Postgraduate Students in a Ghanaian University |
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