Award for Excellence

Journal of Documentation

ISSN: 0022-0418

Article publication date: 1 December 2005

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Citation

(2005), "Award for Excellence", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 61 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/jd.2005.27861faa.002

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited


Award for Excellence

Nigel FordUniversity of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

is the recipient of the journal's Outstanding Paper Award for Excellence for his paper

"Towards a model of learning for educational informatics"

which appeared in Journal of Documentation, Vol. 60 No. 2, 2004

AbstractBased on a review of constructs that have been the subject of both educational and information science research, a model of learning-related information behaviour is developed. The model details components of such behaviour, including: basic information processes, information processing types and information processing approaches, and factors affecting information behaviour relating to educational environments (in particular, learning objectives) and mental (including cognitive and affective) states. The complexity of information needs and associated relevance judgements implied by the model are discussed, as are implications for the provision of cognitively and affectively ergonomic access to information, and for research into learning-related information behaviour.

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