TY - JOUR
T1 - The processes of maker learning and information behavior in a technology-rich high school class
AU - Koh, Kyungwon
AU - Snead, John T.
AU - Lu, Kun
N1 - This project was made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Early Career Development program [RE-07-14-0048-14] and the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences Junior Faculty Fellowship. We are grateful to the students and educators who participated in this study; the project GAs Traci Young and Katie Widmann; and Dr. Brenda Dervin for her input on Sense-Making Methodology.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - This mixed-method study investigated the processes of making and information behavior as integrated in self-directed learning in a high school maker class. Twenty students engaged in making projects of their choice with low- and high-technologies for 15 weeks. Data collection included visual process mapping activities, surveys, and Dervin's Sense-Making Methodology-informed interviews. Findings included inspirations, actions, emotions, challenges, helps, and learning that occurred during the making processes. Information played an integral role as students engaged in creative production and learning. Students identified information as helps, challenges, how they learn, and learning outcomes. The study proposes a new, evolving process model of making that illustrates production-centered information behavior and learning. The model's spiral form emphasizes the non-linear and cyclical nature of the making process. Squiggly lines represent how the making process is gap-filled and uncertain. The study contributes to the scholarly and professional fields of information science, library and information studies, maker, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) learning.
AB - This mixed-method study investigated the processes of making and information behavior as integrated in self-directed learning in a high school maker class. Twenty students engaged in making projects of their choice with low- and high-technologies for 15 weeks. Data collection included visual process mapping activities, surveys, and Dervin's Sense-Making Methodology-informed interviews. Findings included inspirations, actions, emotions, challenges, helps, and learning that occurred during the making processes. Information played an integral role as students engaged in creative production and learning. Students identified information as helps, challenges, how they learn, and learning outcomes. The study proposes a new, evolving process model of making that illustrates production-centered information behavior and learning. The model's spiral form emphasizes the non-linear and cyclical nature of the making process. Squiggly lines represent how the making process is gap-filled and uncertain. The study contributes to the scholarly and professional fields of information science, library and information studies, maker, and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) learning.
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U2 - 10.1002/asi.24197
DO - 10.1002/asi.24197
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85062710416
SN - 2330-1635
VL - 70
SP - 1395
EP - 1412
JO - Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
JF - Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
IS - 12
ER -