Instruments of cognition: Use of Citations and Web Links in Online Teaching Materials

Coleman, Anita Sundaram (2004) Instruments of cognition: Use of Citations and Web Links in Online Teaching Materials. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 56(4):pp. 382-392.

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Abstract

Use of citations and web links embedded in online teaching materials was studied for an undergraduate course. The undergraduate students enrolled in Geographic Information Science for Geography and Regional Development used web links more often than citations, but clearly did not see them as key to enhancing learning. Current conventions for citing and linking tend to make citations and links invisible. There is some evidence that citations and web links categorized and highlighted in terms of their importance and function to be served may help student learning in interdisciplinary domains. This is a preprint of the article published in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 56 (4) February: 382-392.

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Keywords:	Information behaviors Use of Hypertext/hypermedia Geographic Information Science E-learning
Subjects:	Distributed Learning Digital Libraries Citation Analysis Evaluation
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