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Parental Educational Decision Making: The Information They Seek and What They Want from Data Systems
Mandinach, Ellen B.; Miskell, Ryan C.; Gummer, Edith S. – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Parents are important consumers of educational information, especially with stipulations in ESSA. Yet, research on parental information needs is limited. It is important to understand how the information is displayed for parents in accessible and understandable ways. This study uses a theoretical perspective of parental…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Decision Making, Information Seeking, Information Needs
Meng, Michael; Steinhardt, Stephanie; Schubert, Andreas – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2018
The success of an application programming interface (API) crucially depends on how well its documentation meets the information needs of software developers. Previous research suggests that these information needs have not been sufficiently understood. This article presents the results of a series of semistructured interviews and a follow-up…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Interfaces, Documentation, Computer Software
Franics, Sarah L.; Martin, Peggy; Taylor, Kristin – Journal of Extension, 2012
Concern about young families' ability to cope with rising food prices resulted in creating Spend Smart. Eat Smart (SSES), a website focused on budget-friendly nutrition information for limited resource audiences (LRA). SSES was redesigned using LRAs needs and preferences to increase use by LRAs. SSES usage increased after it was revised to…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Web Sites, Nutrition, Cost Effectiveness
Ozcelik, Erol; Acarturk, Cengiz – Computers & Education, 2011
Online information sources, such as pictures and animations on web pages are frequently used for complementing printed course material in educational contexts. The concurrent use of online and printed information sources by students, however, requires going back and forth between physically separated course material, such as a course book and a…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Internet, Printed Materials, Electronic Libraries

Thelwall, Mike – Internet Research, 2001
Discusses business use of the Web and related search engine design issues as well as research on general and academic links before reporting on a survey of the links published by a collection of business Web sites. Results indicate around 66% of Web sites do carry external links, most of which are targeted at a specific purpose, but about 17%…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Hypermedia, Information Services, Information Sources
Larson, Ray R. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Examines the bibliometrics of the World Wide Web based on analysis of Web pages collected by the Inktomi "Web Crawler" and on the use of the DEC AltaVista search engine for cocitation analysis of a set of Earth Science related Web sites. Looks at the statistical characteristics of Web documents and their hypertext links, and the…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Citation Analysis, Computer System Design, Hypermedia
Chu, Heting; Rosenthal, Marilyn – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1996
Three Web search engines--Alta Vista, Excite, and Lycos--were compared and evaluated in terms of their search capabilities and retrieval performances using sample queries drawn from real reference questions. Findings indicated Alta Vista outperformed Excite and Lycos in both search facilities and retrieval performance, although Lycos had the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval

Li, Wenjie; Wong, Kam-Fai; Yuan, Chunfa – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
The objective of this research is to exploit Chinese language processing techniques for temporal information extraction and concept reasoning. Outlines the characteristics of Chinese time system and temporal expressions. Discusses temporal knowledge representations. Presents a general framework for the storage and manipulation of temporal…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer System Design, Information Processing, Information Sources
Priss, Uta; Jacob, Elin – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Suggests that a faceted thesaurus should be used as the basis for organizing a small-scale institutional Web site. Contends that a faceted approach to knowledge organization can make the process of organization less random and more manageable. Reports on an informal survey of three Web sites, underscoring the problems of organization that can…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Evaluation Criteria, Information Management
Travica, Bob; Olson, Rebecca – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Evaluates Web sites representing businesses in 11 countries in East and Central Europe (ECE) by taking a stance of the Western business user. Findings indicate that the ECE business Web is showing a capability of survival usability, while lacking for the most part more competitive usability. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries

Koehler, Wallace – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Explores Web page and Web site mortality rates, and considers two types of change: content and structural. Examines those constancy and permanence phenomena for different Web document classes. Suggests that, from the perspective of information maintenance and retrieval, the Web does not represent revolutionary change, that in some ways it is less…
Descriptors: Change, Computer System Design, Electronic Publishing, Information Dissemination
Sumner, Tamara; Dawe, Melissa – 2001
The need for information systems to support the dissemination and reuse of educational resources has sparked a number of large-scale digital library efforts. This article describes usability findings from one such project--the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)--focusing on its role in the process of educational resource reuse.…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Educational Resources, Electronic Libraries, Information Dissemination

Borgman, Christine L.; Gilliland-Swetland, Anne J.; Leazer, Gregory H.; Mayer, Richard; Gwynn, David; Gazan, Rich; Mautone, Patricia – Library Trends, 2000
Discusses the research design for an educational evaluation of the Alexandria Digital Earth ProtoType (ADEPT), a digital library of geo-referenced information resources. Reviews the deployment of digital libraries in educational settings, the role of information technology in developing students' scientific thinking, and evaluation of digital…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries
Wang, Peiling – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Proposes principles for the design of effective document retrieval (DR) systems incorporating users' cognitive behaviors. Addresses three issues: (1) effective representations for documents to enable users' relevance judgments and decision making; (2) efficient presentations of documents to facilitate users' information processing and decision…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer System Design, Decision Making, Document Delivery
Rosenbaum, Howard – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Reports results of a research project assessing state-funded community networking (CN) sites in India. Explores the organization of information resources and services provided by 24 Web-based community networks, examines the core design principles that have been most useful in the development of these sites, and assesses strategies currently used…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Information Services, Computer System Design, Design Preferences