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8 mars 2017

Analysis of Social Media Influencers and Trends on Online and Mobile Learning

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningAlthough educational practitioners have adopted social media to their online or mobile communities, little attention has been paid to investigate the social media messages related to online or mobile learning. The purpose of this research is to identify social media influencers and trends by mining Twitter posts related to online learning and mobile learning. We identified the influencers on Twitter by three different measures: the number of tweets posted by each user, the number of mentions by other users for each user, and the number of retweets for each user. More...

8 mars 2017

Color Coded Cards for Student Behavior Management in Higher Education Environments

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThe Color Coded Cards system as a possibly effective class management tool is the focus of this research. The Color Coded Cards system involves each student being given a card with a specific color based on his or her behavior. The main objective of the research is to find out whether this system effectively improves students' behavior, thus leading to better class management. More...

8 mars 2017

Instance-Based Ontology Matching For Open and Distance Learning Materials

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThe present work describes an original associative model of pattern classification and its application to align different ontologies containing Learning Objects (LOs), which are in turn related to Open and Distance Learning (ODL) educative content. The problem of aligning ontologies is known as Ontology Matching Problem (OMP), whose solution is modeled in this paper as a binary pattern classification problem. More...

8 mars 2017

Social Web Content Enhancement in a Distance Learning Environment: Intelligent Metadata Generation for Resources

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningSocial networking potentially offers improved distance learning environments by enabling the exchange of resources between learners. The existence of properly classified content results in an enhanced distance learning experience in which appropriate materials can be retrieved efficiently; however, for this to happen, metadata needs to be present. More...

8 mars 2017

The Effects of Integrating Social Learning Environment with Online Learning

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThe aim of this paper is to present the learning and teaching styles using the Social Learning Environment (SLE), which was developed based on the computer supported collaborative learning approach. To avoid burdening learners with multiple platforms and tools, SLE was designed and developed in order to integrate existing systems, institutional learning, management systems, and Facebook. More...

8 mars 2017

Properties of Teacher Networks in Twitter: Are They Related to Community-Based Peer Production?

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningTeachers participate in social networking sites to share knowledge and collaborate with other teachers to create education-related content. In this study we selected several communities in order to better understand the networks that these participants establish in Twitter and the role that the social network plays in their activity within the community, especially related with peer production. More...

8 mars 2017

Using Social Learning Networks (SLNs) in Higher Education: Edmodo Through the Lenses of Academics

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningWith its total number of users (around 62 million) throughout the world, it is important to determine the views of academics who use Edmodo (the leading SLN. In this respect in the first part of this two-part research, the purpose was to examine academics' (n=50) use of technology and social networks. More...

8 mars 2017

Use of Social Media in Uncovering Information Services for People with Disabilities in China

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThe tangible and intangible needs of people with disabilities have been neglected in research agendas over the past decades, particularly in China. Bringing more benefits to people with disabilities and combining information delivery with Internet technology to improve their quality of life is impossible if their special needs are ignored. More...

8 mars 2017

Social Networks and the Building of Learning Communities: An Experimental Study of a Social MOOC

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningThis study aimed to analyze the student's behaviour in relation to their degree of commitment, participation, and contribution in a MOOC based on a social learning approach. Interaction data was collected on the learning platform and in social networks, both of which were used in the third edition of a social MOOC course. This data was then studied via statistical methods and analysis of social networks. More...

8 mars 2017

Enriching Higher Education with Social Media: Development and Evaluation of a Social Media Toolkit

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed LearningWhile ubiquitous in everyday use, in reality, social media usage within higher education teaching has expanded quite slowly. Analysis of social media usage of students and instructors for teaching, learning, and research purposes across four countries (Russia, Turkey, Germany, and Switzerland) showed that many higher education instructors actively use social media for private purposes. More...

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