Measuring Learning Achievement in Social Network Forums
Proceedings of Annual International Conference "Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education (VARE 2011)" 2011
Rūdolfs Gulbis

The advances in Internet technologies that have enabled ease of navigation and access have also created many new opportunities for self-improvement and education. This study investigates the education opportunities that internet social network forums provide. The author argues that the learning process in these forums is the result of the level of user engagement. In the study he describes a number of these groups that he has led and has measured the level of participant contributions. He has identified and analysed three types of Internet behaviour modes and their concomitant contribution levels and concludes that the most significant learning is realized by participants most analytically engaged in internet forum discussions. This study aims to analyze the extent to which individuals will take advantage of self-education opportunities in an internet environment. The study materials under discussion here are offered strictly for self-improvement or personal satisfaction and earn no certificate or diploma upon completion of the learning materials.


Atslēgas vārdi
social networks, e-learning, news group, self education, semantics

Gulbis, R. Measuring Learning Achievement in Social Network Forums. No: Proceedings of Annual International Conference "Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education (VARE 2011)", Latvija, Valmiera, 18.-18. marts, 2011. Valmiera: Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, 2011, 81.-84.lpp. ISBN 978-9984-633-18-3.

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English (en)
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