On-the-Go sourcing
Rethinking education and technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21632008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abdulrahman Essa Al Lily (0000-0002-5116-422X, King Faisal University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 142-155 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interactive Learning Environments (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-4820 • E-ISSN: 1744-5191 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10494820.2020.1764980 |
| OpenAlex | W3026993286 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
This article creates a data-driven framework for the previously unframed concept of “on-the-go sourcing” (spontaneous actions anywhere, anytime or anyhow, whereby one instantly retrieves materials using the most accessible tools to obtain information about encountered matters). This framework was extracted from a pool of approximately 600 individuals. Of the 600, 40 were selected and divided into eight focus groups of five respondents each. Twenty-three elementary sub-concepts were identified from the focus group content. Those clusters were sorted into nine concepts and categorised into three principal elements. The first element (strengths) shows on-the-go sourcers as cognitively connected, empowered, curious, efficient, motivated, into actions or non-conformist, turning them into instant retrievers, knowers and appliers. The second element (weaknesses) shows on-the-go sourcing as a syndrome; its symptoms include being cognitively biased, shallow, unfit, overloaded, baseless, unfocused, in a rush or abdicative, cognitively at risk, messy and distracted. The third element (factors) shows on-the-go sourcing as hindered by logistical, personal, technical, temporal, spatial, monetary, preventative and pathological factors, forming socio-cultural, econo-political and medical hindrances. This academic exercise contributes to efforts to theorise human information behaviour, developing an explanatory taxonomy of defining elements and critical features for on-the-go sourcing
Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Online Learning and Analytics · Personal Information Management and User Behavior · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |