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Link Dynamics in Student Collaboration Networks using Schema Based Structured Network Models on Canvas LMS

Ojha, Hem Raj
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6888-0268
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596154905454069

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2020, Master of Science, Miami University, Computer Science and Software Engineering.
Online discussion forums are increasingly used in large classrooms to enhance students' collaboration, promote student engagement and measure academic performances. Although many Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) tools are available, only a few researchers in the past have investigated the limitations of unstructured discussion forums. The linearly structured threads of discussion posts in these discussion forums make it difficult to represent and analyze the student interaction patterns. Modeling these discussion forums as collaboration networks enables the analysis of students' interaction and learning behavior. This thesis work demonstrates the need for and value of innovative network models that involve developing more structured, schema-based, and goal-oriented discussion forums constructed from active student collaborations. The schema-based structured network model enables identifying and measuring the influence that the student interactions have in dynamically evolving student collaboration networks as the course progresses. First, the unstructured discussion boards in Canvas are analyzed using graph mining and social network techniques. Then, the structured collaborative network model is used to study the impact that student collaborations have on knowledge acquisition, persistence and course outcomes using machine learning algorithms. These structured discussions enable the analysis of the changes in student collaboration patterns and belongingness for pedagogical benefits.
Vijayalakshmi Ramasamy (Advisor)
James D. Kiper (Committee Member)
Hakam W. Alomari (Committee Member)
70 p.
Computer Science; Education
discussion forums, collaboration networks, graph mining, social network analysis, schema-based network model

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  • Ojha, H. R. (2020). Link Dynamics in Student Collaboration Networks using Schema Based Structured Network Models on Canvas LMS [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596154905454069

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ojha, Hem Raj. Link Dynamics in Student Collaboration Networks using Schema Based Structured Network Models on Canvas LMS. 2020. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596154905454069.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ojha, Hem Raj. "Link Dynamics in Student Collaboration Networks using Schema Based Structured Network Models on Canvas LMS." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1596154905454069

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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