TEACHING WEB INFORMATION RETRIEVAL TO COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS: CONCRETE APPROACH AND ITS ANALYSIS

In this paper I report about my experience in teaching Web Information Retrieval (IR) at graduate level. I have been teaching a Web IR course for two Master’s degrees in Computer Science and Information Technology at Udine University for the last 5 years. I present the topics I am currently teaching in my course, briefly describing the syllabus, discussing the available textbooks and reading material, and term projects for students. I provide some evidence, gathered by means of a questionnaire, about students’ satisfaction with the course.