Fuzzy cognitive mapping of LMS users' Quality of Interaction within higher education blended-learning environment

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 7399-7423

  Dias, Sofia B ^a   Hadjileontiadou, Sofia J ^b   Hadjileontiadis, Leontios J ^c   Diniz, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blended learning; FCM Viewer application; Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs); Moodle Learning Management System; Quality of Interaction (QoI)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SYSTEMS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; TEACHING;

BLENDED LEARNING; BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS (FCMS); HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (HEIS); LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; QUALITY OF INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 84934962827     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2015.05.048     Document Type: Article

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