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Informal Information Seeking Behavior of Online Students

온라인 학생의 비공식 정보 추구 행태

  • Kim, Sung-Un (School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University)
  • Published : 2006.06.01
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Abstract

This study aims to examine online students' informal information seeking behavior during their loaming process and online loaming environments to support their informal information needs. The participants of the study were 29 online students in the Professional Development Studies of Rutgers University. Data was collected by the questionnaire and was analyzed with content analysis and descriptive statistics. This study focuses on when and why online students need human interaction to solve their learning problems and how they communicate with others to meet their informal information needs. Moreover, how online students think about their personal communication opportunities and the functions of their online learning system to support their loaming problems is also examined. Finally, online students suggest the ways to effectively support personal communication needed during learning process in online teaming systems. Based on the findings of this study, a few considerations are suggested in conclusions.

이 연구는 온라인 학습과정 중 학생들의 비공식 정보 추구 행태와 그들의 비공식 정보 요구를 지원하는 온라인 학습 환경을 알고자 한다. 연구 참여자는 미국 럿거스 대학 평생 교육 프로그램의 온라인 학생 29명이고, 설문지를 통해 수집한 데이터는 내용분석과 기술적 통계를 통해 분석되었다. 이 연구의 초점은 온라인 학생들이 학습 문제를 해결하기 위해 비공식 정보를 필요로 하는 이유와 그들이 온라인 학습 환경에서 구성원간의 의사소통을 통해 이를 해결하는 방식에 있다. 결론에서는 연구 결과에 기초하여 온라인 학생들의 비공식 정보 추구 행태를 지원하기 위하여 고려해야 할 사항들이 제안된다.

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