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infoglut(INFOrmation GLUT) See information overload. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This is, in part, the scientific explanation of why keyword searching nearly always results in infoglut. Both the perceived infoglut and the infovoid are increasing exponentially and in lock step with each other, especially over the past decade, due to the advent of networked computer systems, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. Instead of being the authorities who dispense information in lectures prescribed by a discipline-based curriculum - the sage on the stage - they will help students to process the infoglut spewed forth by a global culture which threatens to engulf us- the guide on the side. |
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