Special issue: Recommender systems to support the dynamics of virtual learning communities

International Journal of Web Based Communities 8(3) 2012

• Case study: recommending course reading materials in a small virtual learning community
• A hybrid user-centred recommendation strategy applied to repositories of learning objects
• An evolving recommender-based framework for virtual learning communities
• Educational resources recommendation system based on agents and semantic web for helping students in a virtual learning environment
• Designing a user interface to manage recommendations in virtual learning communities
• Theories of participation in online learning communities: an intersectional understanding
• Does beauty matter? The role of friends' attractiveness and gender on social attractiveness ratings of individuals on Facebook