Beyond the MOOC platform: Gaining insights about learners from the social web

WebSci 2016 - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Web Science Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 15-24

  Chen, Guanliang ^a   Davis, Dan ^a   Lin, Jun ^b   Hauff, Claudia ^a   Houben, Geert Jan ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CURRENT DATA; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; GAINING INSIGHTS; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; LEARNING MATERIALS; MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RETENTION RATE;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84976427906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2908131.2908145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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