ProjectH: a collaborative quantitative study of computer-mediated communication
Network and Netplay
Social Network Analysis Used for Modelling Collaboration in Distance Learning Groups
ITS '02 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Mechanisms and Architectures of Online Learning Communities
ICALT '04 Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
The Structure and Dynamics of Networks: (Princeton Studies in Complexity)
The Structure and Dynamics of Networks: (Princeton Studies in Complexity)
Evolution of Networks: From Biological Nets to the Internet and WWW (Physics)
Evolution of Networks: From Biological Nets to the Internet and WWW (Physics)
Social information sharing in a CSCL community
CSCL '02 Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community
Studying social aspects of computer-supported collaboration with a mixed evaluation approach
CSCL '02 Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community
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The goal of this research is to explore the nature of the response relation in online learning networks. We ask whether actors choose their response partners at random or whether certain special mechanisms are at work. We compare the observed values of clustering of responses in 95 online learning networks with the predictions of two suitable Random Graph models. All the online distance learning networks exhibit clustering that is incompatible with the random choices of response partners, with no constraints on the response capacities of actors. But the observed clustering in all networks is compatible with the random choices of response partners subject to constraints on their total response capacities. We provide a possible explanation for this behavior, based on the nature and goal of the online learning networks, and discuss the practical implications for online distance education.