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45097 Date 2017
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45097 abstract Although the importance of boundary-spanning in blended and online learning is widely acknowledged, most educational research has ignored whether and how students learn from others outside their assigned group. One potential approach for understanding cross-boundary knowledge sharing is Social Network Analysis (SNA). In this article, we apply four network metrics to unpack how students developed intra- and inter-group learning links, using two exemplary blended case-studies in Spain and the UK. Our results indicate that SNA based upon questionnaires can provide researchers some useful indicators for a more fine-grained analysis how students develop these inter- and intra-group learning links, and which cross-boundary links are particularly important for learning performance. The mixed findings between the two case-studies suggest the relevance of pre-existing conditions and learning design. SNA metrics can provide useful information for qualitative follow-up methods, and future interventions using learning analytics approaches.
45097 authorList authors
45097 issue 4
45097 status peerReviewed
45097 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/392416
45097 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/392418
45097 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/393814
45097 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/393816
45097 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/393817
45097 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/393818
45097 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/393819
45097 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/393820
45097 uri http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/394358
45097 volume 25
45097 type AcademicArticle
45097 type Article
45097 label Hernández-Nanclares, Núria; García-Muñiz, Ana and Rienties, Bart (2017). Making the most of “external” group members in blended and online environments. Interactive Learning Environments, 25(4) pp. 467–481.
45097 label Hernández-Nanclares, Núria; García-Muñiz, Ana and Rienties, Bart (2017). Making the most of “external” group members in blended and online environments. Interactive Learning Environments, 25(4) pp. 467–481.
45097 Title Making the most of “external” group members in blended and online environments
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