@inproceedings{07593c50cfd94c3fa1b7f287561ae75d,
title = "Content analysis of MOOC forums: The characteristics of the learners' discourse in forums",
abstract = "Considering the importance of social and collaborative learning, this research aims to explore the characteristics of the discourse in forums in order to have insight into learners' needs and interests in massive open online courses. This will help in developing an instructional strategy that will increase the learners' participation in forums, and their involvement in the creation of knowledge; consequently, improving learning processes. An innovative approach was taken in this study, using the Natural Language Processing (NLP) tool and Henri's content analysis model in order to analyze the learners' discourse in forums and identify their types of interactions. We hope that this approach will lead to additional understanding and shed light on the ability to create effective online learning communities, through the learners' behavior.",
keywords = "Natural Language Processing (NLP), collaborative learning, content analysis, e-learning, forums, social learning",
author = "Anat Cohen and Udi Shimony and Rafi Nachmias",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 2017 Intelligent Systems Conference, IntelliSys 2017 ; Conference date: 07-09-2017 Through 08-09-2017",
year = "2017",
month = jul,
day = "2",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1109/IntelliSys.2017.8324235",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
series = "2017 Intelligent Systems Conference, IntelliSys 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "893--897",
booktitle = "2017 Intelligent Systems Conference, IntelliSys 2017",
address = "الولايات المتّحدة",
}