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How scientists develop competence in visual communication
(2013-07-25)Visuals (maps, charts, diagrams and illustrations) are an important tool for communication in most scientific disciplines, which means that scientists benefit from having strong visual communication skills. This dissertation ... -
"I am not computer savvy": A look into the everyday digital literacy levels of formerly incarcerated people using a novel holistic digital literacy framework
This dissertation explores the Everyday Digital Literacy (EDL) of formerly incarcerated individuals using an EDL framework-based self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ). The research proceeded as follows: conceptualize an EDL ... -
The Impacts of Time Pressure and Emotion on the Information Behavior of High Stakes Decision Makers: The Home Buying Experience
Decisions. As we move through our everyday activities, we make decisions. Many are routine, do not involve risk or focus on a single issue. We know what to expect. Some decisions, however, entail risk and uncertain outcomes. ... -
Improving Touch Accuracy for People with Motor Impairments
Touch-enabled devices such as smartphones, tablets, and interactive kiosks are some of the most pervasive technologies in the world today. Despite the overwhelming popularity of touch input, it presents significant ... -
Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) evaluation: Examining its foci, gaps, challenges, and associations with other areas to strengthen the field’s conceptual underpinnings
The effectiveness of information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) projects has been deeply questionable over the past decades, despite the much attention paid to ICTs among academics and practitioners ... -
Information Artifact Evaluation and Iterative Design: A Novel Mixed-Method Approach
Organizations face numerous design challenges regarding effectiveness and measurability of success when investing in Information Systems and Information Technology (IS/IT), or information artifacts for short. Some information ... -
Integrating Inclusive Design and Computing Education
To realize more equitable technology futures, it is not enough to simply adapt technology to be more inclusive after it is created. We will also need to equip technology creators with the skills they need to critically ... -
Investigating the Impact of Offline Interactions on Members of Online Communities
Members of online communities are increasingly participating in offline meet-up events and offline meetups are an increasingly important aspect of participation in many online communities. Prior research has shown these ... -
IT Identity and Risk in Software Development
Software project failure continues to be a concern and managing risk our best hope of project success. While IS literature has investigated the role of culture in projects, such cultural work is largely limited to the ... -
It's Not Rocket Library Science: Design Epistemology and American Librarianship
Contemporary American librarianship is typically considered a social science. Yet libraries and librarians have a strong history of making tools and services that enable access to and use of information resources. ... -
Know-about, know-that, know-how: A model for moving between theory and design practice
Everything is designed. From the fork you hold in your hand, to the car you drive, to the public transportation you use, to the mechanisms for justice within a society, to the process of designing itself. Embedded in these ... -
“Let Me Tell You About Indian Libraries”: Self-Determination, Leadership, and Vision — The Basis of Tribal Library Development in the United States
Tribal libraries in the United States have become sites of cultural and language renewal, gathering places, and places to collect, preserve, and share Indigenous knowledge. After more than forty years of development, tribal ... -
Let's Play Our Way: Designing Flexibility into Card Game Systems
(2014-02-24)In this dissertation, I explore the idea of designing "flexible game systems". A flexible game system allows players (not software designers) to decide on what rules to enforce, who enforces them, and when. I explore this ... -
Leveraging large-scale educational data to examine the freshman experience using machine learning and causal inference methods
Institutions of higher education are constantly collecting student-centric data, be it application information, transcript records, or graduation histories. Despite this wealth of data, traditional institutions, where ... -
Mental Models, Meaning, & Games: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Player Meaning Making in a Complex STEM Themed Video Game
This research addressed increasing understanding of how players make meaning during play of a complex STEM game and explores to what extent player mental models of STEM concepts shift as a result of interacting with the ... -
Misinformation and Disinformation in Online Games: An Exploratory Investigation of Possible Cues
From election meddling to #fakenews to that “truther” meme shared by your Uncle Vernon on Facebook, we’re inundated with misinformation and disinformation daily, but may struggle to perceive cues to misinformation and ... -
Modeling User Behavior and Attention in Search
(2013-11-14)In Web search, query and click log data are easy to collect but they fail to capture user behaviors that do not lead to clicks. As search engines reach the limits inherent in click data and are hungry for more data in a ... -
Native American Telecommunication Independence: One Step Above Smoke Signals
The digital divide disproportionally impacts Native American and Alaska Natives. Their homeland geographies, economies and technology footprints effect their ability to self-determine their Information Communication ... -
Network Sovereignty: Understanding the Implications of Tribal Broadband Networks
(2013-11-14)For tribal leaders, bringing reliable, affordable broadband Internet service to Indian Country is a matter of self-determination. At this point in history, tribal leaders enforce the sovereign rights of tribes by communicating ... -
Never the Same Storytime Twice: An Exploration of the Nature and Role of Reflection in Public Library Storytime Assessment
Public library storytimes have been well-established as informal learning environments that can support the learning and development of young children through interactive, intentional programming produced by storytime ...