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An Exploration Of A Blended Learning Cohort Through Social Network Analysis, Kelley Charlene Bliden
An Exploration Of A Blended Learning Cohort Through Social Network Analysis, Kelley Charlene Bliden
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies: Doctoral Research Projects
The following technical report is a social network analysis of online threaded discussions from three blending learning cohorts. The purpose of this social network analysis was to explore graduate level blended learning cohorts by investigating how the relationships and interactions among individuals shape and affect the overall cohort,to explore the evolution of each cohort overtime,and to investigate facilitator interactions within the blended learning program and how their contributions shaped and affected the network.
The threaded discussions were coded and analyzed based on literature about social network analysis, constructive-developmental theory, holding environments, and transformational learning theory. Eight selected weeks of discussions …