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A conceptual framework of information learning and flow in relation to websites' information architecture

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Culture, information learning of users and knowledge domain shapes the experience of flow while interacting with websites' information architecture. This paper presents a conceptual framework of information learning and flow through extending person-artefact-task model. The paper attempts to relate the experience of flow when interacting with websites to information learning and website information architecture within the domain of HCI and usability.

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      ICIC '12: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Intercultural Collaboration
      March 2012
      170 pages
      ISBN:9781450308182
      DOI:10.1145/2160881

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