Coping with Private and Academic Information Needs Abroad: An exploratory Study of International Students

TY - CONF

T1 - Coping with Private and Academic Information Needs Abroad: An exploratory Study of International Students

AU - Hyldegård, Jette Seiden

AU - Hertzum, Morten

N1 - Conference code: Annual Meeting 2016

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Students are caught between work and play. They are not working in the classical sense of exchanging effort for payment, but nevertheless expected to approach their studies with a discipline similar to that of people at work. We focus on international students – the students who travel abroad for part of their higher education. Compared to domestic students, the international students face the additional work of getting to know a new country and educational culture. We present the first results and reflections from an exploratory case study carried out in 2015 with a convenience sample of five international master students. The study is a pilot study conducted in preparation for a full-size interview-based study. We argue that international students constitute an interesting group with special needs that can benefit from ICT support at different levels to cope with the cultural, educational, and social adjustments involved in being abroad.

AB - Students are caught between work and play. They are not working in the classical sense of exchanging effort for payment, but nevertheless expected to approach their studies with a discipline similar to that of people at work. We focus on international students – the students who travel abroad for part of their higher education. Compared to domestic students, the international students face the additional work of getting to know a new country and educational culture. We present the first results and reflections from an exploratory case study carried out in 2015 with a convenience sample of five international master students. The study is a pilot study conducted in preparation for a full-size interview-based study. We argue that international students constitute an interesting group with special needs that can benefit from ICT support at different levels to cope with the cultural, educational, and social adjustments involved in being abroad.

M3 - Paper

T2 - ASIST&T  Annual Meeting 2016

Y2 - 14 October 2016 through 18 October 2016

ER -