Learning about social learning in MOOCs: From statistical analysis to generative model

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 346-359

  Brinton, Christopher G ^a   Chiang, Mung ^a   Jain, Shaili ^b   Lam, Henry ^c   Liu, Zhenming ^a   Wong, Felix Ming Fai ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

concept learning; data mining; MOOC; regression; social learning networks

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA MINING; DIGITAL STORAGE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

AMAZON MECHANICAL TURKS; CONCEPT LEARNING; EFFECTIVE ALGORITHMS; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MOOC; ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUMS; REGRESSION; SOCIAL LEARNING;

TEACHING;

EID: 84919829580     PISSN: 19391382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLT.2014.2337900     Document Type: Article

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