Analyzing participation of students in online courses using social network analysis techniques

EDM 2011 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Educational Data Mining

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 21-30

  Reihaneh Rabbany, K ^a   Takaffoli, Mansoureh ^a   Zäiane, Osmar R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMMUNITY MINING; DISCUSSION FORUM; E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; HIERARCHICAL SUMMARIZATION; INFORMATION NETWORKS; ONLINE COURSE; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

DATA MINING; INFORMATION SERVICES; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS; VISUALIZATION;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84857496904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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