GUIDING STUDENTS TO ANSWERS: Query Recommendation

YILMAZEL Ö.

TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, vol.12, no.1, pp.85-94, 2011 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 12 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Journal Name: TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.85-94
  • Keywords: Question expansion, query recommendation, indexing, searching, metadata generation, information retrieval
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This paper reports on a guided navigation system built on the textbook search engine developed at Anadolu University to support distance education students. The search engine uses Turkish Language specific language processing modules to enable searches over course material presented in Open Education Faculty textbooks. We implemented a guided navigation engine by using query log mining to our application. It makes use of previous users' sessions to help students find information they are looking for by using fewer queries. We used item-based similarity to do query recommendation.