?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+why+dimension+-+opening+frontiers+for+digital+learning&rft.creator=Mason%2C+Jonathan+Charles&rft.subject=digital+learning&rft.subject=sense-making&rft.subject=why-questioning&rft.subject=why+dimension&rft.subject=reflective+practice&rft.subject=dialogic+inquiry&rft.subject=scaffolding&rft.subject=cognitive+engagement&rft.subject=semantics&rft.subject=inquiry-based+learning&rft.description=Digital+learning+has+come+a+long+way+from+the+days+of+simple+'if-then'+queries.+It+is+now+enabled+by+countless+innovations+that+support+knowledge+sharing%2C+openness%2C+flexibility%2C+and+independent+inquiry.+Set+against+an+evolutionary+context+this+study+investigated+innovations+that+directly+support+human+inquiry.+Specifically%2C+it+identified+five+activities+that+together+are+defined+as+the+'why+dimension'+%E2%80%93+asking%2C+learning%2C+understanding%2C+knowing%2C+and+explaining+why.+Findings+highlight+deficiencies+in+mainstream+search-based+approaches+to+inquiry%2C+which+tend+to+privilege+the+retrieval+of+information+as+distinct+from+explanation.+Instrumental+to+sense-making%2C+the+'why+dimension'+provides+a+conceptual+framework+for+development+of+'sense-making+technologies'.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2014&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F70093%2F1%2FJonathan_Mason_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Mason%2C+Jonathan+Charles+(2014)+The+why+dimension+-+opening+frontiers+for+digital+learning.+PhD+by+Publication%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F70093%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education%3B+Science+%26+Engineering+Faculty%3B+School+of+Information+Systems%3B+Office+of+Education+Research