Information Seeking in a Virtual Learning Environment Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Information Seeking in a Virtual Learning Environment

Creator

  • Author: Byron, Suzanne M.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Young, Jon I.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Swigger, Kathleen M.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Knezek, Gerald
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Leatherbury, Maurice
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1999-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content 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 progress through when facing a situation where they must search for information to complete an academic task in a virtual learning environment. The findings in this study further indicate there is no relationship between the amount of computer experience subjects possess and demonstrating the patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions described by the ISP Model. The study demonstrates the ISP Model to be independent of the original physical library environments where the model was developed. An attempt is made to represent the ISP model in a slightly different manner that provides more of the sense of motion and interaction among the components of thoughts, feelings, and action than is currently provided for in the model. The study suggests that the development of non-self-reporting data collection techniques would be useful in complementing and furthering research to enhance and refine the representation of the ISP Model. Additionally, expanding the research to include the examination of group interaction is called for to enhance the ISP Model and develop further applications that could potentially aid educational delivery in all types of learning environments.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Information retrieval.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Digital libraries.
  • Keyword: information seeking
  • Keyword: virtual learning
  • Keyword: time series study
  • Keyword: ISP

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Byron, Suzanne M.
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 43936587
  • UNT Catalog No.: b2197068
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc2212

Degree

  • Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy
  • Degree Level: Doctoral
  • Degree Discipline: Information Science
  • Academic Department: School of Library and Information Sciences
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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