Learning—whether online or in-person—is a fundamentally social process. The advent of social media and discussion forums in learning management systems makes the social aspect of learning more available to students, but also more analyzable for researchers. Education academics have widely explored what social network analysis can tell administrators about a given student body. Through both […]
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Henry Kronk October 08, 2019
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