Designing for users : an holistic approach to teaching Information Retrieval

Ruthven, I. and Elsweiler, D. and Nicol, E.; (2008) Designing for users : an holistic approach to teaching Information Retrieval. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Teaching and Learning Information Retrieval. Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWIC) . British Computer Society, London. (http://ewic.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/22356)

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Abstract

Many Information Retrieval courses take a reductionist approach: reducing the complexity of Information Retrieval systems into a series of decomposed modules for indexing, retrieval, and results presentation. In this short paper we describe a complementary approach for practical coursework that encourages students to take a holistic approach to thinking about Information Retrieval systems. This approach helps students to consider Information Retrieval systems as a whole system, the potential users of a specific Information Retrieval system, and appropriate evaluation approaches.

ORCID iDs

Ruthven, I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6669-5376, Elsweiler, D. and Nicol, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1729-1345;
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