Open AccessThe School as an Information Ecology: A Framework for Studying Changes in Information Use
Author(s) -
Anne Marie Perrault
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
school libraries worldwide
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2816-3788
pISSN - 1023-9391
DOI - 10.29173/slw6990
Subject(s) - information seeking , the internet , currency , ecology , information behavior , resource (disambiguation) , sociology , knowledge management , psychology , computer science , world wide web , computer network , library science , monetary economics , economics , biology , human–computer interaction
This article explores the concept of the school as information ecology and proposes the use of this concept as a framework for studying the dynamics of online information-seeking behaviors of educators within the ecology. From an earlier study of teachers' online information-seeking behaviors using online survey and interview methods, four themes emerged: currency of information, sparking of ideas and gaining personal knowledge, resource management and the role of time, and webs of sharing. However, although teachers were using the Internet widely, they were underusing the online digital tools pecifically designed for educational use.