Constructing Self-Discovery Learning Spaces Online: Scaffolding and Decision Making Technologies

Shalin Hai-Jew (Sedgwick County, USA)

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Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781613503201

EISBN13: 9781613503218

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-320-1

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As an increasing amount of information is made available online, the assumption is that people who visit Web sites will be able to strategize their learning to optimize access to this information.

Constructing Self-Discovery Learning Spaces Online: Scaffolding and Decision Making Technologies raises awareness of the strategies supporting self-driven learner efficacy on a number of site types. This book reflects on existing literature about self-discovery learning and what learners need in terms of scaffolding to help them make the right decisions, assess their own level of learning, vet information strategically, collaborate with other learners, and build their own skill sets.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Automated Discovery Learning
Guided Discovery Learning
Human Perception and Discovery Learning
Immersive Environments
Problem Solving Through Self-Discovery
Self-Assessment and Planning
Self-Discovery for Writing
Self-Discovery Learning Opportunities
Service Design
Theories of Discovery Learning

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This book shows that a majority of people use the Internet for informal discovery learning and simple problem-solving. There's much more of human endeavors that may be supported with some adjustments to the site and information and user-interface designs of various Web spaces and Internet-related. This text offers a look at the design of online spaces for self-discovery learners' acquisition of information, knowledge, and skill sets.

– Shalin Hai-Jew, Kansas State University, U.S.A

Dr. Shalin Hai-Jew works as a case manager for Sedgwick County. Prior, she has worked for many years in higher education, as a grant writer, instructional designer, instructor, and other roles. She has B.A.s in English and psychology from the University of Washington (Seattle), a master's in English (UW), and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Seattle University, where she was a Morford Scholar. She tested into the University of Washington at age 14. She has lived and worked abroad for four years. She has edited several dozen nonfiction texts around the topics of education and technologies, among others. She has researched and written a dozen edited texts. She was born in Huntsville, Alabama, in the U.S.

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