Network analysis of trace data for the support of group work: Activity patterns in a completely online course

Proceedings of the 16th ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, GROUP'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 107-116

  Goggins, Sean P ^a   Galyen, Krista ^b   Laffey, James ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

communities; cscl; cscw; group development; groups; human capital; networks of practice; sna; social capital; teams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITIES; CSCL; CSCW; GROUP DEVELOPMENT; GROUPS; HUMAN CAPITALS; NETWORKS OF PRACTICES; SNA; SOCIAL CAPITALS; TEAMS;

CESIUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS; CURRICULA; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TEACHING; TRACE ANALYSIS;

PEER TO PEER NETWORKS;

EID: 78751693761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1880071.1880089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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