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The Psychology of How Learners Explore and Find Information Online
Today, "providing people with access to more information is not the problem. Rather, the problem is one of maximizing the allocation of human attention to information that will be useful.” There are too many concepts and theories to mention but the most notable among them is the “Information Foraging Theory.” The theory is based on the assumption that we humans use our built-in foraging mechanisms when searching for information.
Here are some relevant points of the theory.
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