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The Nature Publishing group, which produces top-flight scientific journals such as Nature, has announced a raft of RSS feeds linking to journal articles. Unfortunately, viewers will require a subscription or to pay fees in order to read the articles. More...
How Learners Participate in Connectivist Learning: An Analysis of the Interaction Traces From a cMOOC
In this research paper, the authors analyse the collected data output during a 36 week cMOOC. Six-week data streams from blogs, Twitter, a Facebook group, and video conferences were tracked from the daily newsletter and the MOOCs’ hashtag (#Change 11). This data was analysed using content analysis and social network analysis within an interpretative research paradigm. The content analysis was used to examine the technology learners used to support their learning while the social network analysis focused on the participant in different spaces and their participation patterns in connectivist learning. More...