Search literacy: learning to search to learn

Wilson, Max L., Ye, Chaoyu, Twidale, Michael B., Grasse, Hannah, Rosenthal, Jacob and McKittrick, Max (2016) Search literacy: learning to search to learn. In: Second International Workshop on Search as Learning (SAL 2016), 21st July 2016, Pisa, Italy.

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

People can often find themselves out of their depth when they face knowledge-based problems, such as faulty technology, or medical concerns. This can also happen in everyday domains that users are simply inexperienced with, like cooking. These are common exploratory search conditions, where users don’t quite know enough about the domain to know if they are submitting a good query, nor if the results directly resolve their need or can be translated to do so. In such situations, people turn to their friends for help, or to forums like StackOverflow, so that someone can explain things to them and translate information to their specific need. This short paper describes work-in-progress within a Google-funded project focusing on Search Literacy in these situations, where improved search skills will help users to learn as they search, to search better, and to better comprehend the results. Focusing on the technology-problem domain, we present initial results from a qualitative study of questions asked and answers given in StackOverflow, and present plans for designing search engine support to help searchers learn as they search.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/799761
Additional Information: Published in: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Search as Learning / edited by Jacek Gwizdka, Preben Hansen, Claudia Hauff, Jiyin He, Noriko Kando. V. 1647,ISSN 1613-0073.
Keywords: Search Literacy, Search User Interfaces, Information Seeking
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Computer Science
Depositing User: Wilson, Max
Date Deposited: 03 Aug 2016 13:45
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:59
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/35662

Actions (Archive Staff Only)

Edit View Edit View