Topic Detection and Tracking: Event-Based Information Organization
Topic Detection and Tracking: Event-Based Information Organization
When to jump in: The role of the instructor in online discussion forums
Computers & Education
Behaviour & Information Technology - Computer Support for Learning Communities
COALE: collaborative and adaptive learning environment
CSCL '02 Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community
Temporal transitions in participation flow in an asynchronous discussion forum
Computers & Education
Personalized Service-Oriented E-Learning Environments
IEEE Internet Computing
User models for adaptive hypermedia and adaptive educational systems
The adaptive web
Advances in E-Learning: Experiences and Methodologies
Advances in E-Learning: Experiences and Methodologies
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Automatic tag recommendation algorithms for social recommender systems
ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB)
Monitoring student progress using virtual appliances: A case study
Computers & Education
Effect of interactivity on learner perceptions in Web-based instruction
Computers in Human Behavior
Computers in Human Behavior
The impact of Social Multimedia Systems on cyberlearners
Computers in Human Behavior
MOOCs and the funnel of participation
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge
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The constant development of new Internet platforms is shifting the users' role of such platforms, from viewers to main actors. In the field of education, faculty can take advantage of these new technologies for the design of pedagogical contents. The face-to-face observation of behavioral patterns allows faculty to detect and track new problems, and to apply possible corrections which would improve the learning/teaching process. However, with a distance methodology, these observations are not possible. When forums are created they are intended to discuss particular topics. It is relevant to monitor that the topics discussed are the intended ones in order to achieve course objectives. To tackle this shortcoming, our work studies the dynamics of relevant topics in on-line asynchronous discussion forums, and this is done by analyzing the large amount of students' interactions generated in the forums of our Learning Management System (LMS). In particular, we analyze the students' behavior patterns in the forums of a distance subject, and characterize the relevant topics and subtopics from the forums' messages belonging to two academic years. From the statistical and graphical results obtained, a set of valuable recommendations are also given.