BAESSO PROCACI, THIAGO ; SIQUEIRA, Sean W. M. ; NUNES, BERNARDO PEREIRA . Learning in Communities: How Do Outstanding Users Differ From Other Users?. In: 2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2018, Mumbai. Los Amitos: IEEE, 2018. v. 18. p. 173-177. doi: 10.1109/ICALT.2018.00048
Learning in Communities: How Do Outstanding Users Differ From Other Users?
Authors
Thiago Baesso Procaci (UNIRIO)
Sean Wolfgand Matsui Siqueira (UNIRIO)
Bernardo Pereira Nunes (ANU & UNIRIO)
Abstract
This paper reports on an investigation into outstanding and ordinary users of two Question & Answer (Q&A) communities. Considering some learning-related perspectives such as participation, linguistic traits, social ties, influence, and focus, we found that outstanding users are (i) more likely to engage in discussions; (ii) they tend to use more sophisticated linguistic traits; (iii) their inclusion into a discussion results in longer debates; (iv) they value the diversity of their connections; (v) they participate in several topics, rather than one specialist niche. These findings allow us to use behavioral patterns to predict whether a given user is outstanding and also predict which answer gives a definitive solution for a question.
Keywords:
Q&A community, Learning behaviour, Interactions
