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The Search as Learning Spaceship: Toward a Comprehensive Model of Psychological and Technological Facets of Search as Learning
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Abstract Using a Web search engine is one of today's most frequent activities. Exploratory search activities which are carried out in order to gain knowledge are conceptualized and denoted as Search as Learning (SAL). In this paper, we introduce a novel framework model which incorporates the perspective of b... view more
Using a Web search engine is one of today's most frequent activities. Exploratory search activities which are carried out in order to gain knowledge are conceptualized and denoted as Search as Learning (SAL). In this paper, we introduce a novel framework model which incorporates the perspective of both psychology and computer science to describe the search as learning process by reviewing recent literature. The main entities of the model are the learner who is surrounded by a specific learning context, the interface that mediates between the learner and the information environment, the information retrieval (IR) backend which manages the processes between the interface and the set of Web resources, that is, the collective Web knowledge represented in resources of different modalities. At first, we provide an overview of the current state of the art with regard to the five main entities of our model, before we outline areas of future research to improve our understanding of search as learning processes.... view less
Keywords
Internet; information capture; search engine; information retrieval; human being; computer; ranking; algorithm
Classification
Information Science
Free Keywords
psychology; human-computer interaction; knowledge gain; ranking algorithms; search as learning; search engine interface; web search
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Journal
Frontiers in Psychology, 13 (2022)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.827748
ISSN
1664-1078
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed