I found this and thought this would be a nice way to introduce where statistics is used at the beginning of a Introduction to Statistics course in an online class.
This group has been studying students and their opinions, habits and abilities in researching online and other information tasks, such as interacting with the news. Makes for some interesting reading!
How timely! The NY Times is seeking input from educators on how smartphones have added or detracted from their classrooms in an occasional special report series called "Learning". While it's for high schools, I'm certain that community college faculty could share input.