Conference proceeding
How educators find educational resources online
Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on innovation and technology in computer science education, pp.367-367
ITiCSE '11
06/27/2011
DOI: 10.1145/1999747.1999880
Abstract
Search engines are mostly targeted toward the generic user but educators have specific information needs with specialized information-seeking behaviors. When designing a course, educators may create a syllabus, lecture slides, and use tools as lecture aides. These resources are scattered across a large number of websites and require time and effort in finding them. To design a useful system for educators we must understand the problems they face when they seek, use, and re-use online resources. With that in mind, the Ensemble team conducted focus groups to identify current practices and problems in locating online resources for educational purposes. The data provides better understanding of the information-seeking process of educators that can lead to better educational resource sites.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- How educators find educational resources online
- Creators
- Monika Akbar - Virginia TechWeiguo Fan - Virginia TechLillian Cassel - Villanova UniversityLois Delcambre - Portland State UniversityClifford Shaffer - Virginia TechEdward Fox - Virginia TechYinlin Chen - Virginia Tech
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 16th annual joint conference on innovation and technology in computer science education, pp.367-367
- Publisher
- ACM
- Series
- ITiCSE '11
- DOI
- 10.1145/1999747.1999880
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/27/2011
- Academic Unit
- Business Analytics
- Record Identifier
- 9984380536602771
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