TopicSummary: A tool for analyzing class discussion forums using topic based summarizations

• Main Authors: GOTTIPATI, Swapna, SHANKARARAMAN, Venky, RAMESH, Renjini
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Online discussion forum; Content analysis; Text mining; Topic based summary; Clustering; Databases and Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4518; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5521/viewcontent/StudentForumSummary_Full_Review.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This Innovative Practice full paper, describes the application of text mining techniques for extracting insights from a course based online discussion forum through generation of topic based summaries. Discussions, either in classroom or online provide opportunity for collaborative learning through...