The fourth man: supporting self-organizing group formation in learning communities

  • Authors:
  • Nils Malzahn;Andreas Harrer;Sam Zeini

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Duisburg-Essen;University of Duisburg-Essen;University of Duisburg-Essen

  • Venue:
  • CSCL'07 Proceedings of the 8th iternational conference on Computer supported collaborative learning
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

In this paper we propose an approach based on social network analysis facilitated by ontologies for the support of learning group formation in computer supported collaborative and blended learning scenarios. This approach allows us to generate new ties between learners who are interested in similar topics. The identification of similar topics is elaborated dynamically by using a shared workspace environment which supports visual editing and modeling of topic relationships.