STRUCTURE FOR AN IR CURRICULUM

In the following, we outline the different aspects or 'facets' of the
domain of interest which we believe must be addressed in order properly
to understand that topic.  Individual 'knowledge modules' are specified
by combination of the elements of the facets, as indicated in the
examples.  The overall structure for teaching each topic would be based
on stressing the signficance of each facet, and on the relationships
of the facets to one another.  Note that not all combinations of all
elements make sense (at least now).

TOPIC: USERS/USES

Four facets:

Users	Of Information		Goals		Environment	Individual
Uses	Of Information Systems	Tasks		Context		Group
				Characteristics	Situation	Community
				Types
				Roles
e.g.

Why do people engage in information seeking behavior (goals for uses
of information, e.g. sense-making, ASK, etc., how affected by env., etc.)

What uses are made of information, by whom, under what circumstances,
how affected by goals, tasks ..., environment, context...)

[As above, for information systems]


TOPIC: EVALUATION

Five facets:

With respect to:	Criteria:	Methods:	Function:		Analysis:	
User goals		Effectiveness	Lab/Field	Summative		Statistical
User tasks		Efficiency	Experiment/	Formative		Class'n
System functions	Usability	Observation	Understand behavior	Logical
Organizations goals	Satisfaction	Quantitative/				
					Qualitative
					Simulated/
					'Real'

e.g., how to design and analyze the data from:

Experiment to determine effectiveness of different versions of a system component 
with respect to accomplishment of a user task