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Leveraging Domain Specificity to Improve Findability in OER Repositories

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Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (TPDL 2013)

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This paper addresses the problem of improving the findability of open educational resources (OER) in Computer Science. It presents a domain-specific OER reference repository and portal aimed at increasing the low OER use. The focus is on enhancing the search and navigation capabilities. A distinctive feature is the proposed query-by-navigation method.

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  1. Winston-Salem State University, 601 S. Martin Luther King J. Drive, Winston Salem, NC, 27110, USA

    Darina Dicheva & Christo Dichev

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  1. Darina Dicheva
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  1. Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway

    Trond Aalberg

  2. Department of Archives and Library Science, Ionian University, 49100, Corfu, Greece

    Christos Papatheodorou

  3. Department of Library Information and Archive Sciences, University of Malta, MSD2280, Msida, Malta

    Milena Dobreva

  4. Library and Information Center, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece

    Giannis Tsakonas

  5. National Archives of Malta, RBT1043, Rabat, Malta

    Charles J. Farrugia

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Dicheva, D., Dichev, C. (2013). Leveraging Domain Specificity to Improve Findability in OER Repositories. In: Aalberg, T., Papatheodorou, C., Dobreva, M., Tsakonas, G., Farrugia, C.J. (eds) Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. TPDL 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8092. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40501-3_62

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