Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Song Xing, California State University, Los Angeles; Wang Wei, Southeast University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

retrieval with various target audience in mind, especiallyfor students at the undergraduate level.1. IntroductionThe pervasive nature of World Wide Web (the web) and social networks such as Facebook andLinkedIn presents tremendous opportunity and challenge for general users who use these systemseveryday as well as scientists and engineers who design and build the infrastructures for thesesystems. One of the critical features of the web and social networks is text-based search, whetherdone explicitly by using search engines such as Google, or done implicitly by pressing a searchbutton on any of these sites. The core of text-based search is supported by the theories andpractices of an academic branch in computer science or information science called

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hergenrader, University of Southern California; Jihie Kim, University of Southern California; Erin Shaw, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University Of Southern California (USC). Kim received a Ph.D. from the USC, and master’s and a bachelor’s degrees from the Seoul National University. Her current interests include pedagogical discourse analysis, human-computer interaction, social network assistance, and assessment of student collaborative online activities.Erin Shaw, University of Southern California Page 25.1184.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Stuck in the Middle: The Impact and Prevalence of Frustration in Online Question-Answer