Exploring qualitative analytics for e-mentoring relationships building in an online social learning environment

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 179-183

  Liu, Haiming ^a   Macintyre, Ronald ^a   Ferguson, Rebecca ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

learning analytics; learning network and ties; mentoring; online social learning; relationships

Indexed keywords

LEARNING ANALYTICS; LEARNING NETWORK; MENTORING; RELATIONSHIPS; SOCIAL LEARNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84864690562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2330601.2330646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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