Search as Learning (Dagstuhl Seminar 17092)

Journal Article (2017)
Author(s)

Kevyn Collins-Thompson

Preben Hansen

Preben Hansen

Contributor(s)

Claudia Hauff – Editor (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Kevyn Collins-Thompson – Editor

Claudia Hauff – Editor (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Research Group
Web Information Systems
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.4230/DagRep.7.2.135 Final published version
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Publication Year
2017
Language
English
Research Group
Web Information Systems
Issue number
2
Volume number
7
Pages (from-to)
135-162
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Abstract

This report describes the program and the results of Dagstuhl Seminar 17092 "Search as Learning", which brought together 26 researchers from diverse research backgrounds. The motivation for the seminar stems from the fact that modern Web search engines are largely engineered and optimized to fulfill lookup tasks instead of complex search tasks. The latter though are an essential component of information discovery and learning. The 3-day seminar started with four perspective talks, providing four different views on the topic of search as learning: interactive information retrieval (IR), psychology, education and system-oriented IR. The remainder of the seminar centered around breakout groups leading to new views on the challenges and issues in search as learning, interspersed with research spotlight talks.