How social network analysis can be used to monitor online collaborative learning and guide an informed intervention.

ABSTRACT: To ensure online collaborative learning meets the intended pedagogical goals (is actually collaborative and stimulates learning), mechanisms are needed for monitoring the efficiency of online collaboration. Various studies have indicated that social network analysis can be particularly effective in studying students' interactions in online collaboration. However, research in education has only focused on the theoretical potential of using SNA, not on the actual benefits they achieved. This study investigated how social network analysis can be used to monitor online collaborative learning, find aspects in need of improvement, guide an informed intervention, and assess the efficacy of intervention using an experimental, observational repeated-measurement design in three courses over a full-t

SUBMITTER: Saqr M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5864042 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature