TY - GEN
T1 - Cohesion and roles
T2 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2003
AU - Aviv, Reuven
AU - Erlich, Zippy
AU - Ravid, Gilad
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We provide empirical support for the assertions that high level of knowledge construction is associated with structured design and that knowledge construction is associated with cohesion and equivalence network structures. We built and analyzed two CSCL communities-one structured the other nonstructured. The levels of learning processes were measured by content analysis. The social capital structure of the communities was analyzed by social network analysis. The analysis revealed that the structured community developed social capital, encoded by a mesh of interlinked cliques, and that participants undertook bridging and triggering roles, and exhibited high levels of constructing knowledge. The tutor (guide) remained on the side. The nonstructured community did not construct knowledge, cohesion was dull, and participants did not undertake any essential roles.
AB - We provide empirical support for the assertions that high level of knowledge construction is associated with structured design and that knowledge construction is associated with cohesion and equivalence network structures. We built and analyzed two CSCL communities-one structured the other nonstructured. The levels of learning processes were measured by content analysis. The social capital structure of the communities was analyzed by social network analysis. The analysis revealed that the structured community developed social capital, encoded by a mesh of interlinked cliques, and that participants undertook bridging and triggering roles, and exhibited high levels of constructing knowledge. The tutor (guide) remained on the side. The nonstructured community did not construct knowledge, cohesion was dull, and participants did not undertake any essential roles.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34748925173&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICALT.2003.1215045
DO - 10.1109/ICALT.2003.1215045
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AN - SCOPUS:34748925173
SN - 0769519679
SN - 9780769519678
T3 - Proceedings - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2003
SP - 145
EP - 149
BT - Proceedings - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2003
Y2 - 9 July 2003 through 11 July 2003
ER -