Fostering self-directed learning with social software: Social network analysis and content analysis

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5192 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 203-215

  Law, Effie Lai Chong ^a   Nguyen Ngoc, Anh Vu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Cross cultural collaboration; Self directed learning; Social network analysis; Social software

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GRAPH THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SOFTWARE;

EDUCATION;

EID: 56449120347     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87605-2_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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