So.cl: An interest network for informal learning

ICWSM 2012 - Proceedings of the 6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 90-97

  Farnham, Shelly D ^a   Lahav, Michal ^a   Raskino, David ^a   Cheng, Lili ^a   Ickman, Steven ^a   Laird McConnell, Tom ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL LEARNING; SEARCH TOOLS; SERENDIPITOUS DISCOVERY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SHARING; WEB APPLICATION;

SEARCH ENGINES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84890594087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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