Increasingly, users are interacting with information retrieval (IR) systems with the goal of
addressing complex, ill-defined search tasks. As a result, the interest in deconstructing and …

Enhancing learning scenarios with social robots, as well as gamification elements, has been
shown to positively influence motivation, engagement, or even both. However, they have not …

User engagement has become an important outcome measure in interactive information
retrieval (IIR) research, as commercial (eg, search engines and e-commerce companies) …

During the information search and retrieval (ISR) process, user-system interactions such as
submitting queries, examining results, and engaging with information impose some degree …

This monograph reviews research on the design and evaluation of search user interfaces
that has been published within the past 10 years. Our primary goal is to integrate state-of-the …

The importance of tasks in information retrieval (IR) has been long argued for, addressed in
different ways, often ignored, and frequently revisited. For decades, scholars made a case …

People often search for information in order to learn something new. In recent years, the
“search-as-learning” movement has argued that search systems should be better designed …

Complex search tasks that involve uncertain solution space and multi-round search
iterations are integral to everyday life and information-intensive workplace practices …

According to the cognitive viewpoint of information retrieval (IR) research, a search task can
be conceptualized as a sequence of information seeking intentions which both motivate and …

In this work, we investigate the efficacy of boost interventions rooted in information literacy
principles to enhance user interaction with search results and promote knowledge …