Nunes, Bernardo Pereira, et al. "A topic extraction process for online forums." 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies. IEEE, 2014.

Forums are crucial for knowledge creation and collaboration, but educational forums often experience topic disruption due to individual contributions that shift the discussion focus. To address this, the paper presents a method that integrates semantic technologies with statistical techniques to help learners and tutors align forum discussions with the relevant course topics, ensuring a more organized and focused dialogue.