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E-Learning and the Building Habits of Termites

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Dron, Jon – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2005

Transactional distance theory predicts an inverse relationship between dialogue and structure in an educational transaction. It is a powerful theory, but it is inherently fuzzy in formulation and may have exceptions. This article reinterprets the theory as one of transactional control, where the central issue is one of choices and who makes them.…

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Activities, Educational Technology

Models in Information Behavior Research.

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Wilson, T. D. – Journal of Documentation, 1999

Presents an outline of models of information seeking and other aspects of information behavior, showing the relationship between communication and information behavior in general with information seeking and information searching in information-retrieval systems. Also presents an alternative, problem-solving model which provides a basis for…

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Mediated Communication, Information Retrieval