Automating the analysis of collaborative discourse: Identifying idea clusters

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Practices, CSCL 2009 Community Events Proceedings - 9th International Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 162-164

  Fujita, Nobuko ^a   Teplovs, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEXT-BASED DATA;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

TEXT PROCESSING;

EID: 84858402315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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