Information Seeking in a Virtual Learning Environment
Description:
Duplicating a time series study done by Kuhlthau and associates in 1989, this study examines the applicability of the Information Search Process (ISP) Model in the context of a virtual learning environment.
This study confirms that students given an information seeking task in a virtual learning environment do exhibit the stages indicated by the ISP Model. The six-phase ISP Model is shown to be valid for describing the different stages of cognitive, affective, and physical tasks individuals pr…
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Date:
August 1999
Creator:
Byron, Suzanne M.
Partner:
UNT Libraries