Co-workers are an important source of information in organizations. Consequently, information managers seek to facilitate the use of such human information sources. Although various studies about what influences the use of human information sources in organizations exist, it is difficult for information managers to utilize insights from this research body. The studies have provided contradictor...

This paper investigates soundscape classification by using two different forms of data gathering and two different populations. The first method involves a questionnaire completed by 75 audio professionals. The second uses a speak-aloud experiment, during which 40 end users were asked to describe their audio environment. While both approaches are different and target a different audience, they ...

One approach that has been used to study processes that give rise to comprehension is to have readers verbally report their understanding during reading. The thoughts that readers produce usually contain multiple clauses that convey different kinds of processing strategies, such as paraphrasing, bridging, or elaborations. The goal of this study was to examine the structure of verbal protocols a...

This study investigates how young people navigate through a number of hyperlinked online news on a specific topic and how this effects, and is affected by, their opinions. Navigating though non-linear hypertext forces readers to integrate information from different sources and make more decisions about what to read, which is more difficult than reading information presented in a linear format, ...

Since the late 70s, investigations into the language learning strategies used by successful learners in the field of second and foreign language learning attracted attention with the studies of Rubin (1975), Stern (1975), and Naiman et al. (1978), which aimed to figure out what good language learning strategies might be and to share those strategies with unsuccessful language learners. Previous...

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the role of tasks in second language acquisition. A substantial body of research now exists investigating the effects of different task types and their accompanying instructions on learning. Less is known about how tasks affect intake and the relationship between intake and acquisition. This study investigated the effects of 1) implicit and explicit ...

An important problem in number theory is to study the distribution of the non-trivial zeros of the Riemann zeta-function which, if one is willing to assume the Riemann Hypothesis, all lie on a vertical line. It is relatively easy to count how many of these zeros lie in a large interval, so the average spacing between consecutive zeros is easy to compute. However, it is a difficult and interesti...

In this talk I will agree with Harry Potter that one should "never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain". I’ll argue that humans need to locate intelligence, and that this issue poses problems for the disappearing computer. Bodies are the best possible example of located intelligence, of course, and interacting with another person is best done when...

The Internet is one of the major information sources for trip planning. However, sometimes it can be difficult to use, especially for planning a trip to a novel destination with a different culture. Using mixed methods which are comprised of process tracing, think aloud protocol, and clickstream analysis, this research explores the usability problems and barriers when American college students'...

Emerging technologies for children often require the involvement of children as test subjects in software development projects. Previous research studies have indicated that children behave differently than adults when involved in usability test sessions. Thus, children impose new opportunities and limitations in the evaluation and we still need to investigate proper and fruitful ways of involv...