ASIS&T’s latest special interest group addition, “SIG Information & Learning Sciences” (SIG InfoLearn) launched in March of 2017 to support an exciting and growing scholarly research domain, at the nexus of information and learning sciences. This new SIG supports scholarly engagement in areas such as:
- Studies relating to information-seeking processes during both formal and informal learning endeavors
- Learning and/or information-seeking by the full diversity of youth, adults, elders and specialized populations: at work; at school; at play
- Design and use of learning systems and information systems involving searching and learning, in multiple contexts
- Information, communication, and technology (ICT) issues in computer supported collaborative learning
- Ethnographic, emancipatory, critical-race theory and post-structural research involving information and learning
- Digital divide, literacies, access, and learning systems
- Learning analytics and/or data science perspectives on inquiry activity with learning or information systems
- Research on data sharing, information architecture, knowledge ecosystems in E-learning
- Social and ethical issues, privacy and security concerns in online and cyber-learning