The growth of the construction industry is severely limited by the myriad complex challenges
it faces such as cost and time overruns, health and safety, productivity and labour shortages …

This article describes learning with media as a complementary process within which
representations are constructed and procedures performed, sometimes by the learner and …

Significant amounts of our time and energy are devoted to creating, managing, and avoiding
information. Computers and telecommunications technology have extended our regard for …

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EXPLORATORY SEARCH: FROM FINDING TO UNDERSTANDING rom the earliest days of …

The truly world-wide reach of the Web has brought with it a new realisation of the enormous
importance of usability and user interface design. In the last ten years, much has become …

As information becomes more ubiquitous and the demands that searchers have on search
systems grow, there is a need to support search behaviors beyond simple lookup …

The human ability to render meaning through symbolic media such as art, dance, music, and
speech defines, in many ways, the uniqueness of our species. One symbolic medium in …

Millions of students across the United States cannot benefit fully from a traditional
educational program because they have a disability that impairs their ability to participate in …

Online communities enable members to exchange messages, and rich content is generated
in the wake of these contributions. Little research has systematically investigated how this …

Information seeking is a fundamental human activity. In the modern world, it is frequently
conducted through interactions with search systems. The retrieval and comprehension of …