Supporting Informal Social Learning for OpenCourseWare

Monday, October 09, 2006 | 9:00PM–9:00PM
Session Type: Resources
Open Learning Support is social software integrated with MIT's OpenCourseWare that helps learners find each other to ask and answer questions. This presentation will provide a snapshot of activity using descriptive statistics, social network analysis, and discourse analysis to characterize learner engagement. Future directions for the software based on this analysis are discussed.

Presenters

  • Shelley Henson

    Research Scientist, Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, Utah State University

  • David Wiley

    Chief Academic Officer, Lumen Learning