Discussion forums are the primary and most widely used venue for social learning and
communication in MOOC context. There has been an interest in the last few years to study …

Background Providing feedback in massive open online courses (MOOCs) is challenging
due to the massiveness and heterogeneity of learners' population. Learning analytics (LA) …

This article offers a vision for technology supported collaborative and discussion-based
learning at scale. It begins with historical work in the area of tutorial dialogue systems. It …

Research on computer-supported collaborative learning faces the challenge of extending
student collaboration to higher social levels and enabling cross-boundary interaction. This …

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) allow students and instructors to discuss through
messages posted on a forum. However, the instructors should limit their interaction to the …

Participating in online communities has significant benefits to students learning in terms of
students' motivation, persistence, and learning outcomes. However, maintaining and …

There is an underexploited potential in enhancing massive online learning courses through
small-group learning activities. Size and diversity allow for optimizing group composition in …

This paper describes the analysis of the social and semantic structure of discussion forums
in massive open online courses (MOOCs) in terms of information exchange and user roles …

Collaborative learning in small groups can enrich and enhance the learning experience in
large online courses by facilitating interaction and collaborative knowledge building …

Abstract Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) often provide online discussion forum
tools to facilitate learner interaction and communication. Having massive forum messages …