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Reeves, W. (1999). Learner as searcher. In Learner-centered design: A cognitive view of managing complexity in product, information, and environmental design (pp. 111-130). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781452233710.n7

Reeves, Wayne. "Learner as Searcher." In Learner-Centered Design: A Cognitive View of Managing Complexity in Product, Information, and Environmental Design, 111-130. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 1999. doi: 10.4135/9781452233710.n7.

Reeves, W 1999, 'Learner as searcher', in Learner-centered design: a cognitive view of managing complexity in product, information, and environmental design, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 111-130, viewed 29 January 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781452233710.n7.

Reeves, Wayne. "Learner as Searcher." Learner-Centered Design: A Cognitive View of Managing Complexity in Product, Information, and Environmental Design. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 1999. 111-130. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 29 Jan. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781452233710.n7.

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Learner as Searcher
Learner as searcher

People are tired of clicking hundreds of pages … you don't remember where you went or what came beforehand or how to navigate to what you want to see.

—Mohan Trikha, President of InXight
About This Chapter

The LCD focus of this chapter is on the learner's search for relevant information. This chapter includes discussions and examples from

  • Cognitive science on visualization
  • Information science on direct manipulation, agents, and information seeking

The resulting design principles are extracted and listed at the end of the chapter.

Introduction

Newell and Simon (1972) often described the essence of human problem solving as a search process. Well, today's learners are faced with a major problem, and that is how to enhance their search capability itself. Modern learners, young and old, professional and ...

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