Social networks applied to distance education courses: Analysis of interaction in discussion forums

WebMedia'12 - Proceedings of the 2012 Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 355-358

  Gottardo, Ernani ^a   Noronha, Robinson Vida ^b  

^a INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distance education; Online forums; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

DISCUSSION FORUM; EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; ONLINE FORUMS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEM;

DIGITAL STORAGE; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION USE;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84869158521     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2382636.2382710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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