First steps towards a social learning analytics for online communities of practice for educators

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 69-72

  Cambridge, Darren ^a   Perez Lopez, Kathleen ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

education; learning analytics; online communities of practice; paradata; professional development; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

LEARNING ANALYTICS; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; PARADATA; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EDUCATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84864705742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2330601.2330622     Document Type: Conference Paper

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