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Blogs as User Based Social Networks for Learning: An Exploratory Study

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Information Systems, E-learning, and Knowledge Management Research (WSKS 2011)

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Nowadays social networks have a prominent place in human communication. Blogs are as user based social networks and its use in the context of formal learning can contribute to increase student’s motivation and to get better learning outcomes. This paper discusses message structuring on social networks and presents an exploratory study on the use of three different collaborative learning dynamics supported by blogs with groups of undergraduate and graduate students. Then, it also explores message structuring aspects in blogs in a collaborative learning dynamic.

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  1. Department of Applied Informatics (DIA/CCET), Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Av. Pasteur, 458, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22290-240

    Aline M. Marques, Rafael Krejci, Sean W. M. Siqueira & Mariano Pimentel

  2. ICIST, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisbon, Portugal, 1049-001

    Maria Helena L. B. Braz

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  1. The American College of Greece, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece

    Miltiadis D. Lytras

  2. Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

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  3. College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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  4. University of Oviedo, Oviedo-Asturias, Spain

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Marques, A.M., Krejci, R., Siqueira, S.W.M., Pimentel, M., Braz, M.H.L.B. (2013). Blogs as User Based Social Networks for Learning: An Exploratory Study. In: Lytras, M.D., Ruan, D., Tennyson, R.D., Ordonez De Pablos, P., García Peñalvo, F.J., Rusu, L. (eds) Information Systems, E-learning, and Knowledge Management Research. WSKS 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 278. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35879-1_21

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