Epimethean information systems: Harnessing the power of the collective in e-learning

International Journal of Information Technology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 392-404

  Dron, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMC; e learning; Emergence; Evolution; Recommender system; Self organisation; Stigmergy; Transactional distance

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CMC; E-LEARNING; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTION; RECOMMENDER SYSTEM; SELF-ORGANIZATION; STIGMERGY; TRANSACTIONAL DISTANCE;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 21244468651     PISSN: 14614111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2005.007070     Document Type: Article

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