International Journal of Information Science and Intelligent System, 3(2): 1-3, 2014
Utilizing Neutrosophic Set in Social Network
Analysis e-Learning Systems
A. A. Salama
1,
, Haitham A. El-Ghareeb
2
, Ayman M. Manie
3
, M. M. Lotfy
4
1,3,4
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Egypt
2
Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computers and Information Sciences, Mansoura University, Egypt
Received: 03 December 2012; Accepted: 04 January 2013
Abstract
Conducting effective eLearning in the age of Social Networks is a big challenge. Education is
currently conducted in highly controlled way. E-learning has emerged as an answer to provide
freedom for learners in the way that face-to-face learning cannot deliver. Despite many
advantages of e-learning, it does not provide the best learning experience due to many shortages,
limitations, and challenges. The best learning experience might be available by combining in-
class and online learning. One more feature that e-learning lacks is peers interaction. Peers
interaction has been facilitated through social networks. Utilizing social networks in e-Learning
has changed the way students percieves learning. Neutrosophy has been introduced by
Smarandache as a new branch of philosophy. Thepurpose of this paper is to present a proposed
Social Learning Management System that integrates social activites in e-Learning, and utilize a
new set theory called the neutrosophic set to analyze social networks data conducted through
learning activities.Results shows that recommendations can be enhanced through utilizing
proposed system.
Keywords: e-Learning,Data-Mining, Facebook, Social Media, Clustering,LMS, Neutrosophic
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1. Introduction
E-learning can be thought of as structured learning conducted over an electronic platform. One
of the recommendations of Clayton Christensen’s Disrupting Class is to take a “student -centric”
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E-mail address: helghareeb@mans.edu.eg (Haitham A. El-Ghareeb).