Analyzing Online Discussion Activity: Using Social Network Analysis with Learning Analytics Approach

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Short Description

This study analyzes students’ interaction patterns in an online discussion forum by using log files left in the LMS. By using Social Network Analysis (SNA) and learning analytics approach, the centrality of participants, their networking patterns, characteristics of networks among multiple topics, and changed patterns by time are being reviewed within a case study. The instructor’s initiation, students’ autonomy to select topics, together with the use of sample essays influence the online discussion patterns, which is effectively illustrated by SNA results.

Authors

• Yesom Yoo, Ewha W. University

• Il-Hyun Jo, Ewha Womans University

• Yeonjeong Park, Ewha Womans University

• Hyeyun Lee, Ewha W. University

• Hanall Sung, Ewha W. University