Learning analytics to identify exploratory dialogue within synchronous text chat

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 99-103

  Ferguson, Rebecca ^a   Shum, Simon Buckingham ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational dialogue; Exploratory dialogue; Instant messaging; Learning analytics; Synchronous dialogue; Text chat

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DIALOGUE; EXPLORATORY DIALOGUE; INSTANT MESSAGING; LEARNING ANALYTICS; SYNCHRONOUS DIALOGUE; TEXT CHAT;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84856348822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2090116.2090130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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