Using Social Network Analysis to Highlight an Emerging Online Community of Practice

@article{citeulike:3112441, abstract = {In this exploratory study, Cocciolo, Chae and Natriello investigate the extent to which the communicative processes exhibited within a large digital repository illustrate the emergence of an online community of practice (CoP). In order to make this claim, we present a method for identifying the emergence of an online CoP using Social Network Analysis (SNA) on communication data (i.e., uploads and downloads) and institutional role (i.e., expert/faculty vs. novice/student). The analysis reveals that the online repository provides opportunities for novices to perform the role of the expert knowledge facilitator. We posit}, author = {Cocciolo, Anthony and Chae, Hui S. and Natriello, Gary}, booktitle = {Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)}, citeulike-article-id = {3112441}, keywords = {community, social-metrics, social\_networks, social\_networks\_analysis}, posted-at = {2008-08-12 18:36:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Using Social Network Analysis to Highlight an Emerging Online Community of Practice}, url = {http://edlab.tc.columbia.edu/files/cscl_final_1.pdf}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3112441 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3112441 N2 - In this exploratory study, Cocciolo, Chae and Natriello investigate the extent to which the communicative processes exhibited within a large digital repository illustrate the emergence of an online community of practice (CoP). In order to make this claim, we present a method for identifying the emergence of an online CoP using Social Network Analysis (SNA) on communication data (i.e., uploads and downloads) and institutional role (i.e., expert/faculty vs. novice/student). The analysis reveals that the online repository provides opportunities for novices to perform the role of the expert knowledge facilitator. We posit TI - Using Social Network Analysis to Highlight an Emerging Online Community of Practice T2 - Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) KW - community KW - social-metrics KW - social_networks KW - social_networks_analysis AU - Cocciolo, Anthony AU - Chae, Hui AU - Natriello, Gary PY - 2007/// UR - http://edlab.tc.columbia.edu/files/cscl_final_1.pdf ER -