Knowledge Retention in the Google Era

The Facebook survey we created to collect data on fellow college students' search engine use habits can be found here - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knowledge-Retention-in-the-Google-Era/153263764790875

The Tumblr blog we created as a place to compile our data and research can be found here - http://knowledge52.tumblr.com

Post contents include:

  • A Look Into One's Own Search History: A Quick Statistical Analysis

             - by Alexander Stein

  • Search Engines and the Potential for Self-Directed Learning

             - by Brianna Huber

  • The History of Google

             - by Alexandria Cremer

  • Fostering Impatience in the Internet Age

             - by Mary Saunders

Term
Winter 2012
Category
Knowledge & Information
Short Summary

Over the course of the term, the goal of this project has been to create a blog detailing the ways in which university students use search engines to attain information. We polled students and used this data to create visual charts, which we will now analyze and comment on.