Title
Exploring the Peer Interaction Effects on Learning Achievement in a Social Learning Platform Based on Social Network Analysis
Abstract
AbstractThe benefits of social learning have been recognized by existing research. To explore knowledge distribution in social learning and its effects on learning achievement, we developed a social learning platform and explored students' behaviors of peer interactions by the proposed algorithms based on social network analysis. An empirical study was also conducted on a college course to investigate the correlation between peer interaction and learning achievement. The experiment results show that the students who tended to actively contribute knowledge to peers on the social learning platform had better learning achievements than the students who were used to the passive reception of knowledge. Besides, the knowledge transmitters and intermediaries performed better in learning achievement as well, and the knowledge contributors had closer interactions with their peers. The implications derived from the findings can inspire instructors/researchers to facilitate effective social learning, and provide suggestions to develop effective algorithms to analyze social interaction behaviors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.4018/IJDET.2017070105
Periodicals
Keywords
Field
DocType
Collaborative Knowledge Construction, Collaborative Learning, Peer Interaction, Social Learning, Social Network Analysis
Educational technology,Social relation,Experiential learning,Collaborative learning,Social network,Peer group,Psychology,Knowledge management,Social learning,Social competence
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
3
1539-3100
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
30
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yu-Tzu Lin13711.11
Ming-Puu Chen210513.68
Chia-Hu Chang310.35
Pu-Chen Chang410.35