Enhancing the learning process: Qualitative validation of an informal learning support system consisting of a knowledge discovery and a social learning component

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

Volumn 6383 LNCS, Issue , 2010, Pages 374-389

  Westerhout, Eline ^a   Monachesi, Paola ^a   Markus, Thomas ^a   Posea, Vlad ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

informal learning; knowledge discovery; lifelong learning; social learning; social search; validation

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL LEARNING; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; LIFE LONG LEARNING; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL SEARCH; VALIDATION;

INNOVATION;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 78049405626     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16020-2_25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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