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Role of ICT in learning and knowledge acquisition How much students know about their research skills?

The paper analyses self-study processes, with the emphasis on the assistance provided to students by ICT. In Republic of Croatia the availability of ICT for study assistance is comprehensive at all relevant levels (at the universities: lecture theatres, ICT booths, libraries, dormitories, but also at home) which should facilitate high learning standards. That very fact sets the expectation that for the information acquisition students utilise all resources that are (can be) made available to them through the ICT. It is important to find out if that is really the case and if the learning process employed by the students is most effective possible. The method: The paper is oriented towards the research into some of the ways of student's self-study. Their learning process is analysed in the context of the universal access to information, and correlations established between effectiveness, quality and competencies. Results: The survey conducted is based on student interviews regarding the methods of self-study used, the role of ICT and the ways it is employed. The research will lessen the ambiguities about the ways students nowadays acquire the necessary knowledge for the chosen curriculum. It is hoped that the results will demonstrate a significant improvement compared with the pre-ICT era. On the other hand, it just might happen that student interviews will evidence poor utilisation of ICT capabilities. Practical application: ascertaining if the use of ICT for selfstudy is optimal. If that is not the case, it is necessary to recommend and/or devise additional training in ICT literacy as to fully utilise ICT capabilities for increased study effectiveness.

ICT, learning, students, self-study and knowledge acquisition

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