scholarly journals Social Network Analysis to Examine Interaction Patterns in Knowledge Building Communities

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald N. Philip
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Group Processes ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Building Community

This paper describes use of social network analysis to examine student interaction patterns in a Grade 5/6 Knowledge Building class. The analysis included face-to-face interactions and interactions in the Knowledge Forum® Knowledge Building environment. It is argued that sociogram data are useful to reveal group processes; in sociological terms, the community lies in the connections among the group. A classroom of unconnected individuals is unlikely to form as a Knowledge Building community; data analyses reported in this study show promise in understanding the dynamics of Knowledge Building in a consistent and measurable way. The strength of the work is not in particular patterns demonstrated but in new forms of assessment and their potential to inform work as it proceeds. The research reported shows that teachers and students are finding social network analysis useful and that through their engagement research-practitioner-engineer teams are better positioned to develop tools to advance Knowledge Building pedagogy.

scholarly journals The Need for Rich Theory to Realize the Vision of Healthcare Network Centric Operations

2011 ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nimini Wickramasinghe ◽  
Rajeev K. Bali
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Global Environment ◽  
Network Centric Operations ◽  
Tools And Techniques ◽  
Traditional Approaches

In a dynamic and complex global environment traditional approaches to healthcare delivery are becoming more and more inadequate. To address this von Lubitz and Wickramasinghe (2006e) proffered the need for a networkcentric approach that allows free and rapid sharing of information and effective knowledge building required for the development of coherent objectives and their rapid attainment. However, to realize this vision it is essential to have rich theory and robust approaches to analyse the levels of complexity of modern healthcare delivery. This paper discusses how this might be done by drawing upon the strong rich analysis tools and techniques of Social Network Analysis combined with Actor Network Theory.

New Technologies, New Horizons

2011 ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
Hiller A. Spires ◽  
Meixun Zheng ◽  
Manning Pruden
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Teaching With Technology ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
New Horizons

The purpose of this chapter is to present graduate students’ views of their Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) development. These graduate students are also teachers. Data was collected using a mixed method approach founded on the TPACK Framework and social network analysis. Koehler and Mishra (2006) claim that effective teaching with technology requires TPACK, or an ability to integrate content, pedagogy and technology flexibly during the act of teaching. As part of a graduate course on new literacies and media, participants were required to design and implement lessons that incorporated a range of technologies, produce written reflections about their experiences, and engage in online interactions with participants in the class. Qualitative results from participants’ written reflections revealed four themes relative to TPACK. Additionally, a social network analysis demonstrated a positive relationship between participants’ views on their TPACK development and their interaction patterns within the online learning environment. This study shows that the TPACK framework can be a useful tool, giving educators a productive way to think about technology integration as they navigate the rapid changes prompted by emerging technologies.

The S’ANT Imperative for Realizing the Vision of Healthcare Network Centric Operations

2011 ◽  
pp. 2206-2217
Author(s):  
Nimini Wickramasinghe ◽  
Rajeev K. Bali
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Healthcare Network ◽  
Analysis Tools ◽  
Network Centric Operations ◽  
Tools And Techniques

In the information-intensive environment of healthcare, the networkcentric approach has been proffered as one that allows free and rapid sharing of information and effective knowledge building required for the development of coherent objectives and their rapid attainment. This article asserts that if we are to realize such a vision it is imperative to draw upon strong rich analysis tools and techniques and thus calls for the application of Social Network Analysis combined with Actor-network Theory (S’ANT).

scholarly journals Strengths and weaknesses of the Net-Map tool for participatory social network analysis in resource management: Experience from case studies conducted on four continents

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 205979911878775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Schröter ◽  
Claudia Sattler ◽  
Frieder Graef ◽  
Cheng Chen ◽  
Estephania Delgadillo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Directed Information ◽  
Management Experience ◽  
Participatory Network ◽  
Network Mapping ◽  
Depth Interviews

For researchers, conducting face-to-face interviews is always a challenge as it often turns into a one-way directed information retrieval. Therefore, interviewees not always are very motivated, enthusiastic and cooperative in responding to the questions. In the end, this has implications for the quality of the interview data. To improve the interview setting and the resulting data, in several projects the Net-Map tool was used to conduct participatory social network analysis. The tool is a combination of in-depth interviews and participatory network mapping. During the interviews, the interviewee draws the network of relevant actors, notes down their motivations and evaluates and displays the actors’ influence and benefits by building towers using any kind of stacks. In this research note, we present the strengths and weaknesses of the method against the experiences with applying the Net-Map tool on four different continents and give ideas for improvements and further research.

Herding Cats

2010 ◽  
pp. 284-300
Author(s):  
Donald N. Philip
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Communications Networks ◽  
Face To Face

Teachers using online learning environments have found that traditional classroom control techniques do not work when applied online. Instead, other approaches need to be used. This chapter introduces the concept of knowledge-building as an approach that is effective in online learning, and the concept of protocological control as a means of controlling the communications networks that evolve during the learning process. Data from a study involving students in a gr. 5/6 hybrid (online and face-to-face) class are used to illustrate how the teacher controls the learning process when the students all work independently of each other. The use of social network analysis as a tool for visualizing the communications networks that form is demonstrated.

scholarly journals Increasing students’ social engagement during COVID-19 with Net.Create: collaborative social network analysis to map historical pandemics during a pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 121 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 533-547
Author(s):  
Kalani Craig ◽  
Megan Humburg ◽  
Joshua A. Danish ◽  
Maksymilian Szostalo ◽  
Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Network Visualization ◽  
Visualization Tool ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Remote Learning

Purpose The authors explored shifts in social interactions, content engagement and history learning as students who were studying one pandemic simultaneously experienced another. This paper aims to understand how the Net.Create network visualization tool would support students as they tried to understand the many complex interactions in a historical text in a remote learning environment and how sustained knowledge building using Net.Create would shape student attitudes toward remote learning, collaboration and engagement. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores changes in engagement and learning in a survey-level history course on the black death after a shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors used activity theory to focus the adaptation of Net.Create, a web-based collaborative social-network-analysis tool and to understand how it supported group-based remote learning. The authors describe how the redesigned activities sustained engagement with historical content and report coded student network entries, reading responses and surveys to illustrate changes in engagement and learning. Findings The results suggest that students benefit from personal connections to historical content and their peers. Net.Create supported both through collaborative knowledge-building activities and reflection on how their quarantine experiences compared to the historical content they read. It is possible to avoid student frustrations with traditional “group work” even in a remote environment by supporting collaborative learning using Net.Create and a mix of individual and group contributions. Originality/value This is the first use of a collaborative network visualization tool to support large classroom interaction and engagement with history content at the undergraduate level.

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