What Do You Recommend? Implementation and Analyses of Collaborative Information Filtering of Web Resources for Education.

Recker, Mimi M.; Walker, Andrew; Lawless, Kimberly

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ERIC Number: EJ673514

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2003

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What Do You Recommend? Implementation and Analyses of Collaborative Information Filtering of Web Resources for Education.

Recker, Mimi M.; Walker, Andrew; Lawless, Kimberly

Instructional Science, v31 n4-5 p299-316 Jul-Sep 2003

Examines results from one pilot study and two empirical studies of a collaborative filtering system applied in higher education settings. Explains the use of collaborative filtering in electronic commerce and suggests it can be adapted to education to help find useful Web resources and to bring people together with similar interests and beliefs. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Sources, Information Utilization, Pilot Projects, Web Based Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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