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The Journal of Media Literacy began as Better Broadcasts News, an organizational newsletter for the American Council for Better Broadcasts in 1953. It evolved into Telemedium, The Journal of Media Literacy in the 1980's, as the organization changed its name to the National Telemedia Council. Today, The Journal of Media Literacy is published up to three times a year.

For each issue, the editorial board invites guest editors to organize the content around a theme.

people sent more than 20 million tweets about the storm from October 27 through November 1. This was more than twice the usage from the two previous days

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largest share of this news and information, fully 34% of the Twitter discourse about the storm, involved news organizations providing content, government sources offering information, people sharing their own eyewitness accounts and still more passing along information posted by others

The term blogging is used as a verb to refer to the action that is performed by a person when they make a post to a web log or a blog. A blog is a journal, diary or a personal website that is kept on the internet and updated frequently by a person.

is the act of posting content on a blog (a Web log or online journal) or posting comments on someone else's blog.

Blogging

a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the write

to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (a created production) without crediting the source vi: to commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

unacceptable to copy something out of a book, newspaper, journal or any other printed source.

states that the session involved familiarizing the students with instructors, an introduction to internet etiquette and a chat group. It relates that the instructors cited post-course evaluations including having a critical mass of students, more effective debates and better preparation of instructors due to collaborative nature. It concludes that the course was an experiment in distance education with a specialty course taught by instructors in multiple universities.

It says that college administrators are seeking ways to prevent misbehavior of students on the Internet by imposing policies on computer use. General counsel Steven McDonald from Rhode Island School of Design states that instead of creating elaborate policies and procedures, these officials should teach students the basic principles in using computer like telling them that cyberspace is not free from law.

. With ideas derived from research and practice, this guide has been written to inform online students about learning communities, the benefits they offer, and how students can assist in building a successful online community.

hen direct contact with students in a traditional face-to-face classroom is not feasible, instructors must be innovative in content delivery and provide for students a sense of instructor presence. It has been suggested that the online instructor is the critical factor for a successful learning experience

Information literacy is a global phenomenon today and the critical importance of the role of information literacy is gaining increased recognition Information literacy means knowing information about information

Results indicated that students failed to use critical appraisal criteria, and that while knowledge of and self-reported use of these criteria were related to each other, they were not related to behaviour. This research demonstrates the need for alternative strategies for critical appraisal instruction and assessment. (Contains 3 figures.)

The purpose of this work is to explore distance learning related tools to determine if they can provide an enhanced learning environment for nuclear education. In this work, a set of tools are examined that can be used to augment or replace the traditional lecture method. These tools are Mediasite, Adobe Connect, Elluminate, and Camtasia. All four tools have recording capabilities that allow the students to experience the exchange of information in different ways.