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What Role Does Social Media Use Play in the Youth Mental Health Crisis? Researchers Are Trying to Find Out

Edsurge

Much attention has been paid to the potential role of social media in that crisis. But researchers who study the relationship say that the field is still in its infancy, and new methodologies and funding sources are needed to understand it and push us toward a healthier environment for kids online.

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How Enhanced Homework Detection Makes Securly Aware Student Wellness Monitoring Even More Reliable and Accurate

Securly

Student monitoring that relies on keyword analysis alone and cannot detect context or sentiment will trigger the most false positive alerts. In addition to web searches, Securly Aware scans web browsing activity, emails, and social media posts, as well as Canvas, Google Drive, and OneDrive.

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Guest Post: Helping Students Navigate Online Sources with Critical Literacy

Digital Promise

In one study , a majority of adult and undergraduate participants were not able to effectively evaluate online sources. Studies such as these are troubling and may leave us feeling hopeless and apprehensive in terms of information and media literacy instruction.

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Brainscape 'levels up' its study experience (and other news for November 2023)

Brainscape

Brainscape's mission is to optimize your study efficiency, and after years of careful analysis, code manipulations, and bubbling chemistry tubes, we're proud to announce the latest and raddest evolution of our flashcard repetition algorithm! Can you achieve a daily study streak of 90 days on Brainscape?

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What Brings Gen Z to the Library?

Edsurge

Ninety-two percent check social media daily. But they still like print, and they still like to go to the library, according to a survey of Gen Z and Millennial public library use and media consumption released by the American Library Association last fall. They might be coming in for coffee.

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Project Information Literacy News Study: A new study on new adults and news

NeverEndingSearch

Alison Head and her Project Information Literacy (PIL) research team recently released the findings of a new national study on college students and how they consume and interact with a vast and deeply polarized news ecosystem. There are many pathways to news–not only on social media. Please share this study broadly.

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PROOF POINTS: New research review questions the evidence for special education inclusion

The Hechinger Report

But a recent international analysis of all the available research on special education inclusion found inconsistent results. Overall, students didn’t benefit academically, psychologically or socially from the practice. Many disability advocates balked at the findings, published in December 2022, on social media.

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