What can instructors and policy makers learn about Web-supported learning through Web-usage mining

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-76

  Cohen, Anat ^a   Nachmias, Rafi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Campus wide; Computational measures; Web supported learning; Web usage mining

Indexed keywords

CAMPUS-WIDE; COMPUTATIONAL MEASURES; MICRO LEVEL; PEDAGOGICAL PROCESS; POLICY MAKERS; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; SUPPORTED LEARNING; TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY; USAGE MINING; WEB-USAGE MINING;

DECISION MAKING; PROFITABILITY;

TEACHING;

EID: 79952042059     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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