Exploring a Personal Social Knowledge Network (PSKN) to aid the observation of connectivist interaction for high- and low-performing learners in connectivist massive open online courses Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • AbstractThis study adds a new perspective to the observations about connectivist interaction behavior in cMOOCs by extending the notion of network building from the perspective of individuals. We explore the possibility of building a learning network named Personal Social Knowledge Network (PSKN) to support in the monitoring of learning performance and interaction in cMOOCs. The sample in this study included 284 preservice teachers and their learning lasted approximately 12 weeks. Data were primarily gathered by PSKN graphs. The results revealed a correlation between connectivist interaction measured by the PSKN (including density structure) and learning performance. The results also revealed differences in connectivist interaction behavior and patterns, indicated by PSKN (densities and structures), for high and lowperforming learners in cMOOCs. The highperforming learners show deeper knowledge interaction and social communication in addition to simple knowledge sharing and social communication. Additionally, as time passed and the PSKN of highperforming learners extended further, their interaction behavior became more complex and their role had gradually changed from learning to teaching as well as from knowledge acceptance to knowledge creation in cMOOCs.

published proceedings

  • BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

altmetric score

  • 5.55

author list (cited authors)

  • Duan, J., Xie, K., Hawk, N. A., Yu, S., & Wang, M.

citation count

  • 15

complete list of authors

  • Duan, Jinju||Xie, Kui||Hawk, Nathan A||Yu, Shengquan||Wang, Minjuan

publication date

  • January 2019

publisher