期刊名称：International Journal on Computer Science and Engineering
印刷版ISSN：2229-5631
电子版ISSN：0975-3397
出版年度：2011
卷号：3
期号：2
页码：722-727
出版社：Engg Journals Publications
摘要：The rapid advance of Information Communication Technology [ICT] has enabled Higher Education Institutions to reach out and educate students transcending the barriers of time and space. This technology supports structured, web-based learning activities, and provides diverse multilingual and multicultural settings and also facilities for self assessment. Structured collaboration, in the conventional education system, has proven itself a successful and powerful learning method. Online learners do not enjoy the same collaborative benefits as face-to-face learners because the technology provides no guidance or direction during the online discussion sessions. This paper presents a Web Based Learning Environment [WBLE] from the perspective of social computing to bring collaborative learning benefits to online learners. The paper also highlights how the deployment of social computing tools can support the creation of an open and socially shared information space for better collaboration among the learners. With Social Network Analysis [SNA] techniques, collaboration among twenty learners is explored and metrics such as in-degree, out-degree and Betweenness and collaborative network mapping are presented.
关键词：Web Based Learning; Social Computing; Social Network Analysis
