A domain-independent, transferable and timely analysis approach to assess student collaboration

International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Anaya, Antonio R ^a   Boticario, Jesús G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

computer supported collaboration; Data mining; e learning; machine learning

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INTERACTION; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; META-COGNITIVE TOOLS; STATISTICAL INDICATORS; STUDENT COLLABORATION; STUDENT INTERACTIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DATA MINING; E-LEARNING; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84883247551     PISSN: 02182130     EISSN: 17936349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218213013500206     Document Type: Article

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