Untangling MOOC learner networks

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 25-29-April-2016, Issue , 2016, Pages 208-212

  Poquet, Oleksandra ^a   Dawson, Shane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forums; Interpersonal interactions; MOOCs; Networked learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; FORUMS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP; MOOCS; NETWORK MODELLING; NETWORKED LEARNING; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; STUDENT LEARNING;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84976503740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2883851.2883919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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