Learning with New Technologies: Help Seeking and Information Searching Revisited

Autor/inn/en	Puustinen, Minna; Rouet, Jean-Francois
Titel	Learning with New Technologies: Help Seeking and Information Searching Revisited
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 53 (2009) 4, S.1014-1019 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2008.07.002
Schlagwörter	Help Seeking; Learning Strategies; Information Seeking; Educational Technology; Computer Assisted Instruction; Electronic Learning; Computer Mediated Communication; Virtual Classrooms; Information Sources + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Informationserschließung; Unterrichtsmedien; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Computerkonferenz; Information source; Informationsquelle
Abstract	Education researchers have amply documented the beneficial effects of help seeking on learning and understanding. Requesting help from teachers (or other human sources) when faced with a difficult task is now considered a self-regulated learning strategy. In a related domain, information search refers to learner-initiated efforts to obtain further task-related information from books or other non-human sources when undertaking an assignment. The integration of human and information-based resources in information and communication technology (ICT) tends to blur the distinction between help seeking and information searching, thus offering new perspectives on the study of the processes and skills involved in these activities. The aim of this paper is to redefine the boundaries between help seeking and information searching, by replacing the dichotomous definition (i.e., human versus non-human sources) by a more integrative theoretical framework. Beyond the obvious theoretical importance of the issue, clarifying the boundaries between seeking help and searching for information may contribute to the development of more effective forms of human and non-human support for technology-enhanced learning environments. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10