scholarly journals SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND DIGITAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: A FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE USING THE SAPO CAMPUS PLATFORM

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Pedro ◽  
Carlos Santos ◽  
João Batista ◽  
Guilherme Cabral ◽  
Fátima Pais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Digital Learning Environments

Applying Social Network Analysis and Social Capital in Personal Learning Environments of Informal Learning

2012 ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaojun Chen ◽  
Jea H. Choi ◽  
Ji Hyun Yu
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Personal Learning Environments ◽  
Collaboration Dynamics

Recently, researchers in the instructional technology and learning sciences arenas have started to pay attention to the concept of Personal Learning Environments (PLE). With the aim to investigate how social network theory could indicate the desired indicators for successful Personal Learning Environments, the authors are addressing social capital theory as a conceptual framework to understand the network landscape within informal learning environments. Social capital is an inherent property of network and collaboration dynamics, along with key indicators related to personal network measurements. Personal network analysis as a means to evaluate the social capital is discussed later in this chapter. This chapter is not about learning what or learning as becoming, but about how people learn with whom, and with what degree of influence. It will be helpful to educators or researchers who are interested in measuring academic and psychosocial outcomes within the presence of social capital when applying personal social network analysis in personal learning networks.

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