INTEGRATING EXTERNAL

SOURCES IN AGORA

Graduation Project

Sahar Mojtahedi

Feb 2012

VU Amsterdam

CONTENT

Agora

The Goal of the Study

Research Questions

Approach and Plan

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AGORA

Platform to provide historical content

• Students

• Historians

• Researchers

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AGORA

Consider a case:

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AGORA

Consider a case:

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AGORA

Consider a case:

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AGORA

Fact:

Limited information domain

Users’ approach:

Use other sources of information

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Main Goal:

Increase efficiency of Agora platform and to

bring more user satisfaction through integrating

external content in the platform.

THE GOAL

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RESEARCH QUESTION

What is the information need of users of the Agora

platform?

To what extent does the presented information in the Agora

platform suffice?

What kinds of external sources do users need?

How can external sources be incorporated in the Agora

platform?

What are the methods to do so?

Which methodologies fit best in Agora?

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APPROACH AND PLAN

Study user needs Which sources are used most commonly

Study integration methods Different approaches for integrating external

sources into a platform

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APPROACH AND PLAN

Design the integration for Agora

o Considering all previous studies specially user needs

Implement the integration

This project is scheduled for 130 days

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THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

QUESTIONS ...

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