Unsupervised modeling for understanding MOOC discussion forums: A learning analytics approach

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 16-20-March-2015, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-150

  Ezen Can, Aysu ^a   Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth ^a   Kellogg, Shaun ^b   Booth, Sherry ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MOOCs; Online Learning; Text based learning analytics

Indexed keywords

STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION; AUTOMATED DISCOURSE; CLUSTERING APPROACH; COLLABORATIVE GROUPS; MOOCS; ONLINE LEARNING; STUDENT PERSISTENCES; TEXT-BASED LEARNING ANALYTICS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84955567065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2723576.2723589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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