@inproceedings{c3b24a55167b4cc9aaaa7a7ec179855f,
title = "Learning in communities: How do outstanding users differ from other users?",
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 = "Interactions, Learning behaviour, Q&A community",
author = "{Baesso Procaci}, Thiago and Siqueira, {Sean W.M.} and Nunes, {Bernardo Pereira}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IEEE.; 18th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2018 ; Conference date: 09-07-2018 Through 13-07-2018",
year = "2018",
month = aug,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1109/ICALT.2018.00048",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781538660492",
series = "Proceedings - IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2018",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "173--177",
editor = "Nian-Shing Chen and Maiga Chang and Ronghuai Huang and K. Kinshuk and Kannan Moudgalya and Sahana Murthy and Sampson, {Demetrios G}",
booktitle = "Proceedings - IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2018",
address = "United States",
}