ClassSearch: facilitating the development of web search skills through social learning

  • Authors:

  • Neema Moraveji;Meredith Morris;Daniel Morris;Mary Czerwinski;Nathalie Henry Riche

  • Affiliations:

  • Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA;Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

We explore the use of social learning - improving knowledge skills by observing peer behavior - in the domain of Web search skill acquisition, focusing specifically on co-located classroom scenarios. Through a series of interviews, pilot studies, and classroom deployments, we conclude that a peripheral display of Web search activity within a classroom facilitates both social learning and teacher-led discourse. We present the ClassSearch system for shared awareness of Web search activity, which embodies principles gleaned from our iterative design process, and show results from a ClassSearch deployment in twelve middle-school classroom sessions. Finally, we highlight design suggestions and opportunities for future work while taxonomizing the space of co-located search pedagogies.