Three big data methods—text classification, cluster analysis, and social network analysis—can each yield insights into learning in mass collaboration¶
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q2 i? All three big data approaches applied to Wikipedia environments can provide insights into how learning and knowledge development take place at individual and collective levels. → Sten Ludvigsen 2018
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Sten Ludvigsen 2018¶
Sten Ludvigsen, Ulrike Cress, Carolyn P. Rosé, Nancy Law, & Gerry Stahl. (2018). Developing understanding beyond the given knowledge and new methodologies for analyses in CSCL. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 13, 359–364. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-018-9291-0
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The editorial reports that Holtz et al. describe three prototypical big data methods using Wikipedia as their empirical example: automatic text classification, cluster analysis of knowledge dynamics in Wikipedia articles, and social network analysis.
"Their analysis shows that all three approaches can provide insights into the ways that learning and knowledge development take place."
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Three big data methods—text classification, cluster analysis, and social network analysis—can each yield insights into learning in mass collaboration |
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Three big data methods—text classification, cluster analysis, and social network analysis—can each yield insights into learning in mass collaboration |
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