{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2588416160","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3027385.3027391","title":"Dynamics of MOOC discussion forums","display_name":"Dynamics of MOOC discussion forums","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-02-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2588416160","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3027385.3027391","mag":"2588416160"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3027385.3027391","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3027385.3027391","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/223718","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011865519","display_name":"Mina Shirvani Boroujeni","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mina Shirvani Boroujeni","raw_affiliation_strings":["CHILI Group, Lausanne, Switzerland"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"CHILI Group, Lausanne, Switzerland","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011761800","display_name":"Tobias Hecking","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0833-7989"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I62318514","display_name":"University of Duisburg-Essen","ror":"https://ror.org/04mz5ra38","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I62318514"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tobias Hecking","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I62318514"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5089812966","display_name":"H. Ulrich Hoppe","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3240-5785"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I62318514","display_name":"University of Duisburg-Essen","ror":"https://ror.org/04mz5ra38","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I62318514"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"H. Ulrich Hoppe","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I62318514"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083821830","display_name":"Pierre Dillenbourg","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9455-5119"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pierre Dillenbourg","raw_affiliation_strings":["CHILI Group, Lausanne, Switzerland"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"CHILI Group, Lausanne, Switzerland","institution_ids":[]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5011865519"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.1038,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":42,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.9162442,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"128","last_page":"137"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10064","display_name":"Complex Network Analysis Techniques","score":0.9961000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10064","display_name":"Complex Network Analysis Techniques","score":0.9961000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11122","display_name":"Online Learning and Analytics","score":0.9958999752998352,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10557","display_name":"Social Media and Politics","score":0.9466999769210815,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3315","display_name":"Communication"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dynamics","display_name":"Dynamics (music)","score":0.6928080320358276},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6854687333106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/identification","display_name":"Identification (biology)","score":0.6264564990997314},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dimension","display_name":"Dimension (graph theory)","score":0.5528903007507324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-media","display_name":"Social media","score":0.5281324982643127},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/focus","display_name":"Focus (optics)","score":0.4811221659183502},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-network-analysis","display_name":"Social network analysis","score":0.42758649587631226},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/subject","display_name":"Subject (documents)","score":0.4242521822452545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.3747466802597046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/world-wide-web","display_name":"World Wide Web","score":0.3716364800930023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.3400561809539795},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.1615910828113556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pedagogy","display_name":"Pedagogy","score":0.1242428719997406}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145912823","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113558","display_name":"Dynamics (music)","level":2,"score":0.6928080320358276},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6854687333106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C116834253","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2039217","display_name":"Identification (biology)","level":2,"score":0.6264564990997314},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33676613","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13415176","display_name":"Dimension (graph theory)","level":2,"score":0.5528903007507324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518677369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202833","display_name":"Social media","level":2,"score":0.5281324982643127},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192209626","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190909","display_name":"Focus (optics)","level":2,"score":0.4811221659183502},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114713312","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7551269","display_name":"Social network analysis","level":3,"score":0.42758649587631226},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777855551","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12310021","display_name":"Subject (documents)","level":2,"score":0.4242521822452545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.3747466802597046},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.3716364800930023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.3400561809539795},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.1615910828113556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.1242428719997406},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202444582","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837863","display_name":"Pure mathematics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120665830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14620","display_name":"Optics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59822182","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441","display_name":"Botany","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3027385.3027391","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3027385.3027391","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Seventh International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:infoscience.epfl.ch:223718","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/223718","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400487","display_name":"Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:infoscience.epfl.ch:223718","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/223718","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400487","display_name":"Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Text"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.4399999976158142}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":35,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W206232026","https://openalex.org/W950821216","https://openalex.org/W1565788752","https://openalex.org/W1597356744","https://openalex.org/W1847737145","https://openalex.org/W1915713972","https://openalex.org/W1928823211","https://openalex.org/W1970134014","https://openalex.org/W1979658095","https://openalex.org/W1981976566","https://openalex.org/W1994812811","https://openalex.org/W2049232012","https://openalex.org/W2051955631","https://openalex.org/W2051963836","https://openalex.org/W2062043246","https://openalex.org/W2105034111","https://openalex.org/W2112090702","https://openalex.org/W2160268549","https://openalex.org/W2185795254","https://openalex.org/W2204321545","https://openalex.org/W2241837063","https://openalex.org/W2259072583","https://openalex.org/W2324553553","https://openalex.org/W2331540487","https://openalex.org/W2337186181","https://openalex.org/W2339404394","https://openalex.org/W2339991462","https://openalex.org/W2342196429","https://openalex.org/W2477342411","https://openalex.org/W2504735380","https://openalex.org/W2513039803","https://openalex.org/W2734246064","https://openalex.org/W3101320328","https://openalex.org/W4200449005","https://openalex.org/W4238665603"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2012531322","https://openalex.org/W2785900585","https://openalex.org/W2353730437","https://openalex.org/W2490303674","https://openalex.org/W2609066826","https://openalex.org/W2810752900","https://openalex.org/W3186538219","https://openalex.org/W2365677836","https://openalex.org/W2531295127"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"this":[1],"integrated":[2],"study":[3],"of":[4,14,39,44,101,116,181,188],"dynamics":[5,41],"in":[6,147,169,194],"MOOCs":[7],"discussion":[8,17,82],"forums,":[9],"we":[10,89,158],"analyze":[11],"the":[12,20,25,35,45,56,66,81,86,99,113,129,148,154,173,182,195],"interplay":[13],"temporal":[15],"patterns,":[16],"content,":[18],"and":[19,42,62,65,179],"social":[21,87,95,139],"structure":[22,47,58],"emerging":[23],"from":[24,94,123],"communication":[26,183],"using":[27],"mixed":[28],"methods.":[29],"A":[30],"special":[31],"focus":[32],"is":[33,197],"on":[34,48,105,153,172],"yet":[36],"under-explored":[37],"aspect":[38],"time":[40,61],"influence":[43],"course":[46,57,155,174],"forum":[49,68,161,176,196],"participation.":[50],"Our":[51],"analyses":[52],"show":[53,159],"dependencies":[54],"between":[55],"(video":[59],"opening":[60],"assignment":[63],"deadlines)":[64],"over-all":[67],"activity":[69,162,177],"whereas":[70],"such":[71],"a":[72],"clear":[73],"link":[74],"could":[75],"only":[76],"be":[77,165],"partially":[78],"observed":[79],"considering":[80],"content.":[83],"For":[84],"analyzing":[85],"dimension":[88,150],"apply":[90],"role":[91,146],"modeling":[92],"techniques":[93],"network":[96,184],"analysis.":[97],"While":[98],"types":[100],"user":[102],"roles":[103,127],"based":[104,171],"connection":[106],"patterns":[107],"are":[108],"relatively":[109],"stable":[110],"over":[111],"time,":[112],"high":[114],"fluctuation":[115],"active":[117,124],"contributors":[118],"lead":[119],"to":[120,125],"frequent":[121],"changes":[122],"passive":[126],"during":[128],"course.":[130],"However,":[131],"while":[132],"most":[133],"users":[134],"do":[135],"not":[136],"create":[137],"many":[138],"connections":[140],"they":[141],"can":[142,164],"play":[143],"an":[144],"important":[145],"content":[149],"triggering":[151],"discussions":[152],"subject.":[156],"Finally,":[157],"that":[160],"level":[163],"predicted":[166],"one":[167],"week":[168],"advance":[170],"structure,":[175],"history":[178],"attributes":[180],"which":[185],"enables":[186],"identification":[187],"periods":[189],"when":[190],"increased":[191],"tutor":[192],"supports":[193],"necessary.":[198]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-02-28T09:26:25.869077","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}