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Monica Landoni
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Where a Little Change Makes a Big Difference
A Preliminary Exploration of Children’s Queries
This paper contributes to the discussion initiated in a recent SIGIR paper describing a gap in the information retrieval (IR) literature on query understanding–where they come from and whether they serve their purpose. Particularly the connection between query variability and sea
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Learning Technologies & AI
Who are we designing for?
Focused on children and the learning context, we argue for the importance of designing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that take a holistic view of their target users. Rather than prioritize system performance, these smart technologies can be tuned to assist users throu
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Children on ChatGPT Readability in an Educational Context
Myth or Opportunity?
In this work, we present the results of a preliminary exploration aiming to understand whether the use of ChatGPT in an educational context can be an asset to meet the specific needs of the students. In particular, we focus on the possibility of adapting the responses to online i
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Teachers in a Searchable World
Findings from an Introductory Survey
In this manuscript, we discuss the findings from an introductory survey conducted with more than 50 teachers in Italy. We inquired about teachers’ opinions of educational technology used in the classroom, in particular search tools. Qualitative and quantitative data inferred from
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Getting to know you
Search logs and expert grading to define children's search roles in the classroom
In this paper, we examine the roles children play when using web search engines in the classroom context by revisiting, not replicating, a seminal work set in the home context. In particular, we describe how we juxtaposed performance indicators inferred from a combination of sear
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Getting to know you
Search logs and expert grading to define children's search roles in the classroom
In this paper, we examine the roles children play when using web search engines in the classroom context by revisiting, not replicating, a seminal work set in the home context. In particular, we describe how we juxtaposed performance indicators inferred from a combination of sear
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With a little help from my friends
Use of recommendations at school
In this exploratory paper, we study the usage of recommendations by and for children (ages 9 to 11) in an educational setting. From our preliminary analysis, it becomes apparent that recommender systems (RS) could provide extra support to and help children successfully complete i
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Somewhere over the Rainbow
Exploring the Sense for Relevance in Children
We explore the facets of relevance that guide children when assessing materials retrieved by search engines when looking for information in the classroom. We involved children in a collaborative exercise and asked them to design innovative icons to point their peers towards usefu
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Children's Perspective on How Emojis Help Them to Recognise Relevant Results
Do Actions Speak Louder Than Words?
We discuss the exploratory study we conducted to better understand children's ability to recognise relevant results when searching in the classroom. Teachers in two European schools sharing thesame language assigned their students (ages 10 and 11) an online information discovery
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Right way, right time
Towards a better comprehension of young students' needs when looking for relevant search results
We report on the exploration we conducted to understand better children's needs for the design of Search Engine Result Pages (SERP) that can help them notice relevant resources when performing online inquiry tasks in a classroom context. We analyse children's interactions with tr
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Right way, right time
Towards a better comprehension of young students' needs when looking for relevant search results
We report on the exploration we conducted to understand better children's needs for the design of Search Engine Result Pages (SERP) that can help them notice relevant resources when performing online inquiry tasks in a classroom context. We analyse children's interactions with tr
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We've only just begun
Children searching in the classroom
In this extended abstract, we present an overview of our ongoing project. Specifically, we briefly discuss the motivation for our research agenda, research goals in the short and long term, and the body of work we have published thus far that serves as the foundation upon which w
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We've only just begun
Children searching in the classroom
In this extended abstract, we present an overview of our ongoing project. Specifically, we briefly discuss the motivation for our research agenda, research goals in the short and long term, and the body of work we have published thus far that serves as the foundation upon which w
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Here, there, and everywhere
Building a scaffolding for children’s learning through recommendations
Reading and literacy are on the decline among children. This is compounded by the fact that children have trouble with the discovery of resources that are appropriate, diverse, and appealing. With technology becoming an evermore presence in children’s lives, tools that can minimi
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Here, there, and everywhere
Building a scaffolding for children’s learning through recommendations
Reading and literacy are on the decline among children. This is compounded by the fact that children have trouble with the discovery of resources that are appropriate, diverse, and appealing. With technology becoming an evermore presence in children’s lives, tools that can minimi
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You've Got a Friend in Me
Children and Search Agents
Children turn to online search tools to complete classroom-related assignments. Unfortunately, these tools are rarely explicitly tailored to meet children's needs and skills. We seek to design a Search Agent (SA) for children in the context of education; one that can foster natur
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IR for Children 2000-2020
Where Are We Now
Over 20 years ago, Information Retrieval (IR) researchers began their quest for sound IR systems for children. The path was not straightforward. Challenges posed by interface design, relevance determination, diverse contexts, ethics, and many more, were taken up and explored from
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6th KidRec Workshop
Information Retrieval Systems for Children in the COVID-19 Era
The role that technology plays in supporting children at school and at home is more prominent than ever before due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. This has prompted us to focus the 6th International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Children & Recommender and Information Ret
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3rd KidRec workshop
What does good look like?
Today's children spend considerable time online, searching and receiving information from various websites and apps. While searching for information, e.g. for school or hobbies, children use search systems to locate resources and receive site recommendations that might be useful
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Let’s Learn from Children
Scaffolding to Enable Search as Learning in the Educational Environment
In this manuscript, we argue for the need to further look at search as learning (SAL) with children as the primary stakeholders. Inspired by how children learn and considering the classroom (regardless of the teaching modality) as a natural educational ecosystem, we posit that sc
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