Location
https://www.kennesaw.edu/ccse/events/computing-showcase/sp24-cday-program.php
Document Type
Event
Start Date
25-4-2024 4:00 PM
Description
The Learning Resource Finder is a pioneering tool designed to alleviate the challenges associated with navigating the vast landscape of online educational content. Leveraging sophisticated web scraping techniques and API integrations, this tool empowers users to efficiently discover relevant learning materials tailored to their specific needs. Through a user-friendly Flask-based web interface, users initiate search queries, which are then encoded and utilized to fetch pertinent URLs from leading educational platforms such as JavaTPoint, W3Schools, Coursera, Udemy, and GeeksforGeeks, as well as Google search results. The core of the web scraping process lies in the meticulous extraction of URLs from HTML content using Scrapy, ensuring precision by eliminating irrelevant or redundant links while excluding duplicate URLs and Wikipedia sources to maintain resource integrity. The Learning Resource Finder represents a crucial advancement in the realm of digital learning, providing users with a curated compilation of educational materials to enhance their learning journey.
Included in
GC-101 Learning Resource Finder: A web Scraping tool for educational materials
https://www.kennesaw.edu/ccse/events/computing-showcase/sp24-cday-program.php
The Learning Resource Finder is a pioneering tool designed to alleviate the challenges associated with navigating the vast landscape of online educational content. Leveraging sophisticated web scraping techniques and API integrations, this tool empowers users to efficiently discover relevant learning materials tailored to their specific needs. Through a user-friendly Flask-based web interface, users initiate search queries, which are then encoded and utilized to fetch pertinent URLs from leading educational platforms such as JavaTPoint, W3Schools, Coursera, Udemy, and GeeksforGeeks, as well as Google search results. The core of the web scraping process lies in the meticulous extraction of URLs from HTML content using Scrapy, ensuring precision by eliminating irrelevant or redundant links while excluding duplicate URLs and Wikipedia sources to maintain resource integrity. The Learning Resource Finder represents a crucial advancement in the realm of digital learning, providing users with a curated compilation of educational materials to enhance their learning journey.