Informal Information Seeking Behavior of Online Students (온라인 학생의 비공식 정보 추구 형태)

Sung Un Kim (김성언)

doi:10.3743/KOSIM.2006.23.2.207

Informal Information Seeking Behavior of Online Students

Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
Abbr : JKOSIM
2006, 23(2), pp.207~227
DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2006.23.2.207
Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
Received : May 17, 2006
Accepted : June 21, 2006
Published : June 30, 2006

Sung Un Kim ¹

¹Rutgers University

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to examine online students informal information seeking behavior during their learning process and online learning 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 learning problems is also examined. Finally, online students suggest the ways to effectively support personal communication needed during learning process in online learning systems. Based on the findings of this study, a few considerations are suggested in conclusions.

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online learning, online students, informal information, information seeking behavior.

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