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Promoting Thought Continuity While Performing Online Research

He, Yun
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin150583149166294

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2017, MDES, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Design.
This research focuses on the observed frustration in conducting online research and lack of thought continuity in graduate design students. While studies show that people’s deeper concentration abilities have weakened in recent years, there are also indications that short term memory loss, feelings of being overwhelmed, and stress can result from exposure to large amounts of information beyond what we can manage. All of these problems interlock, reducing the quality of daily human experiences and levels of satisfaction as well as actual performances on tasks. In this case study, five in-depth observations and interviews were conducted to learn how design graduate students perform academic research online. Contextual inquiry was the core method for collecting data about what distracts students and gives them a feeling of being informationally overloaded during their online endeavors. An analysis of students’ individual research patterns led to the conclusion that it is inevitable for people to get side-tracked from time to time while performing online research. Two potential solutions were identified: 1) Provide assistance in informing where users are while helping them to navigate back easily, and 2) Provide an effective documentation platform that integrates with the research process while helping to promote thought continuity by eliminating some of the break-down behaviors.
Craig Vogel, M.I.D. (Committee Chair)
Vittoria Daiello, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Heekyoung Jung, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Gerald Michaud, M.A. (Committee Member)
79 p.
Design
Information overload; cognitive overload; thought continuity; non-linear learning; distraction; online research

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  • He, Y. (2017). Promoting Thought Continuity While Performing Online Research [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin150583149166294

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • He, Yun. Promoting Thought Continuity While Performing Online Research. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin150583149166294.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • He, Yun. "Promoting Thought Continuity While Performing Online Research." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin150583149166294

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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