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Information Architecture, a paradigm for distance learning devices : M@gistère, a case study

Abstract

This PhD Thesis is part of the field of Information and Communication Sciences and deals with the question of information architecture as a paradigm for distance learning devices. A theoretical and conceptual framework located in the notion of device (micro, meso and macro scales) and anchored in the study of uses (“Sociologie des usages” and “Sociologie de l’innovation”) makes it possible to position information architecture as an intermediate principle between the designer-user relationship and raises the following research question: how is mediation operated in distance learning devices? The hypothesis is that in such devices, the functional perspective takes precedence over the normative perspective of communication. This hypothesis is tested through a qualitative approach which is based on the one hand on an observation of distance learning interfaces and on the other hand on semi-structured interviews conducted with the design teams. The case study is about M@gistère, a device dedicated to the training of teachers. It emerges from the content analysis that in fact, in M@gistère it is the normative perspective that prevails over the functional perspective of communication, even if in this device the context seems to take precedence over the content and over the users. The study also shows that information architecture is at the service of mediation in a device. Mediation is a facilitator of uses and appropriation. Finally, the study contributes to information architecture through a model to observe the interface of a distance training device and analyze the organization of information.

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