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Tutorial 3—Train the Trainers
Assumptions underlying the tutorials
A constructivist approach to information seeking
- Presents problems that are meaningful to the learner
- Requires the learner to take an active role in the process of learning
- Builds on what the learner already knows
- Focuses on process rather finding answers to discrete questions
Situated learning principles (Kearsley, 1994-2001)
- "Knowledge needs to be presented in an authentic context, i.e. settings and applications that would normally involve that knowledge."
- "Learning requires social interaction and collaboration."
Consumer information processing model (National Instititutes of Health. National Cancer Institute, 1997 [http://rex.nci.nih.gov/NCI_Pub_Interface/Theory_at_glance/HOME.html])
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Definition
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Application
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| Information Processing Capacity
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Individuals' limitations in the amount of information they can acquire, use, and remember
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Choose the most important and useful points to communicate, whether orally or in print materials
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| Information Search
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Processing of acquiring and evaluating information; affected by motivation, attention, and perception
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Provide information so it takes little effort to obtain, draws consumer's attention, and is clear
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| Decision
Rules/Heuristics
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Rules of thumb, developed and used to help consumers select among alternatives
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Learn key ways to synthesize information in ways that have meaning and appeal for your audience
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| Consumption and Learning
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Internal feedback based on outcome of choices, and use in future decisions
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Keep in mind that people have probably made related choices in the past, and are not "empty vessels"
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| Information Environment
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Amount, location, format readability, and processability of relevant information
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Design information tailored to the audience; place it conveniently for use.
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