Exploring affiliation network models as a collaborative filtering mechanism in e-learning

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-331

  Rodríguez, Daniel ^a   Sicilia, Miguel Ángel ^a   Sánchez Alonso, Salvador ^a   Lezcano, Leonardo ^a,b   García Barriocanal, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD A DISTANCIA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affiliation networks; Blockmodeling; Collaborative filtering; E learning; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051605609     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820903148610     Document Type: Article

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