Title :
Time Analysis of Forum Evolution as Support Tool for E-Moderating
Author :
Bentivoglio, Carlo Alberto
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Sci. dell´´Educazione e della Formazione, Univ. di Macerata, Macerata, Italy
fDate :
Nov. 30 2009-Dec. 2 2009
Abstract :
The Web forum is a key tool in new knowledge building among students in learning management systems. Unfortunately, the huge number of messages makes difficult, for tutors and teachers, to correctly evaluate the evolution of the forum and its efficacy in the learning process. In order to support the tutors in this effort, a solution, based on simple statistical indices inspired by the work in the text analysis and social network analysis field, is proposed. The obtained results show good performance with a minimum computational effort.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; knowledge management; social networking (online); statistical analysis; text analysis; Web forum; e-moderating; forum evolution; knowledge building; learning management system; learning process; social network analysis; statistical index; text analysis; time analysis; tutor; Buildings; Collaboration; Conference management; Intelligent structures; Intelligent systems; Knowledge management; Social network services; System analysis and design; Text analysis; Yarn; Text-mining; statistical analysis; tutoring support system;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, 2009. ISDA '09. Ninth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4735-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3872-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISDA.2009.66
