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Clustering Models For Topic Analysis In Graduate Discussion Forums, Mallika Gokarn Nitin, Swapna Gottipati, Venky Shankararaman
Clustering Models For Topic Analysis In Graduate Discussion Forums, Mallika Gokarn Nitin, Swapna Gottipati, Venky Shankararaman
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Discussion forums provide the base content for creating a knowledge repository. It contains discussion threads related to key course topics that are debated by the students. In order to better understand the student learning experience, the instructor needs to analyse these discussion threads. This paper proposes the use of clustering models and interactive visualizations to conduct a qualitative analysis of graduate discussion forums. Our goal is to identify the sub-topics and topic evolutions in the discussion forums by applying text mining techniques. Our approach generates insights into the topic analysis in the forums and discovers the students’ cognitive understanding within …
Cognitive And Social Interaction Analysis In Graduate Discussion Forums, Mallika Gokarn Nitin, Swapna Gottipati, Venky Shankararaman
Cognitive And Social Interaction Analysis In Graduate Discussion Forums, Mallika Gokarn Nitin, Swapna Gottipati, Venky Shankararaman
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Discussion forums play a key role in building knowledge repositories in an education institute. Asynchronous discussion forums enable part-time graduate professionals to have a better learning experience. This paper reports how a carefully curated discussion forum enhances the cognitive and social interactions among students in a graduate information systems course. In particular, we analyse the cognitive and social interactions and their impact on the student grades. To our surprise, the graduate students with their limited time resources, have higher order cognitive contributions and reasonable amount of social posts. We present the discussion forum design, cognitive and social behaviour analysis, grade …