Beyond “Google-Search”. Students’ Uses and Gratifications of the Internet within Learning Activities
Beyond “Google-Search”. Students’ Uses and Gratifications of the Internet within Learning Activities

Summary/Abstract: This research study aims to analyze students’ Internet use within the learning activities in one of the Romanian state universities. There is evidence that Internet has overcome television in several areas,including the entertainment one. Taking into consideration these facts and previous researches on Internet impact, our research focuses on the way that Internet is used as a learning tool. Is the teacher the main promoter for the Internet use to learn? Does the teacher have the necessary competencies to recommend and to tutor the student in his individual learning activities? How the student’s efforts are appreciated when using Internet in the learning process? The research focused on the student’s perception of the teacher’s competencies,especially on the communication and media ones. What are the classes that are perceived by the student as indispensable for the use of the Internet and the new media? How is the teacher representing his/her own didactic activity when using the Internet? Finally, we analyze whether the students recognize the plagiarism in the on-line resources they are using. The main hypotheses is that due to the low level of teacher’s control on the students’ individual activity, it results a high use of the plagiarism in the students’ activities of learning and of studying. What are potential causes of the students’ plagiarism? How is the plagiarism perceived and evaluated by the teachers?

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