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The Role of Domain Knowledge in Search as Learning O'Brien, Heather, 1977-; Kampen, Andrea; Cole, Amelia; Brennan, Kathy

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences in learning outcomes between domain experts and non-experts interacting with a digital library. This paper provides a preliminary analysis of a subset of data from a larger study and compares the learning outcomes of 10 domain experts and 10 non-experts. Participants completed three search tasks designed to elicit different cognitive processes and behaviors; learning outcomes were explored with pre- and post-session written summaries and pre- and post-task questions. We used existing metrics to examine the learning breadth and depth of the written summaries. General searchers wrote longer summaries than domain experts, but there were no significant differences in the learning outcomes between the two groups.

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Title
The Role of Domain Knowledge in Search as Learning
Creator
O'Brien, Heather, 1977-; Kampen, Andrea; Cole, Amelia; Brennan, Kathy
Contributor
ACM Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (5th : 2020 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Date Issued
2020-03-14
Description
The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences in learning outcomes between domain experts and non-experts interacting with a digital library. This paper provides a preliminary analysis of a subset of data from a larger study and compares the learning outcomes of 10 domain experts and 10 non-experts. Participants completed three search tasks designed to elicit different cognitive processes and behaviors; learning outcomes were explored with pre- and post-session written summaries and pre- and post-task questions. We used existing metrics to examine the learning breadth and depth of the written summaries. General searchers wrote longer summaries than domain experts, but there were no significant differences in the learning outcomes between the two groups.
Subject
Search as learning; evaluation; learning outcomes
Genre
Conference Paper; Preprint
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-06-29
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0398725
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78833
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Non UBC; iSchool (Library, Archival and Information Studies)
Citation
O'Brien, H.L., Kampen, A., Cole, A.W. & Brennan, K. (2020). The role of domain knowledge in search as learning. In Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 313–317.
Publisher DOI
10.1145/3343413.3377989
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Postdoctoral; Graduate
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Authors
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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