Investigating patterns of interaction in networked learning and computer-supported collaborative learning: A role for Social Network Analysis

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-103

  De Laat, Maarten ^a,b   Lally, Vic ^c   Lipponen, Lasse ^d   Simons, Robert Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Learning; Learning communities; Multi method analysis; Social Network Analysis; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247281147     PISSN: 15561607     EISSN: 15561615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-007-9006-4     Document Type: Article

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