Only the high-participation high-interactivity course D showed significant reciprocity, cyclical-tie, and Simmelian-tie patterns, indicating group-formation processes¶

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q2 i? All three ERGM social-process patterns were significant and positive only in course D. → Poquet 2024 q2 i? Courses with high interactivity showed positive and significant cyclical-tie patterns, indicating exchange in triads but weaker social processes than course D. → Poquet 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Poquet 2024¶

Poquet, O., Trenholm, S., & Santolini, M. (2024). Forum posts, communication patterns, and relational structures: A multi-level view of discussions in online courses. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10262-9

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ERGM analysis of filtered relational structures (edges two standard deviations above the random mean) in twenty courses. The authors note this makes sense because course D "was the only course with small groups asked to interact weekly."

"The results (Table 2) show that all three patterns were significant and positive only in course D, with highest participation and interactivity, suggesting that only in this course learners progressed to the formation of activity at the level of a triad, as indicative of social processes."

Poquet 2024 (2)¶

Poquet, O., Trenholm, S., & Santolini, M. (2024). Forum posts, communication patterns, and relational structures: A multi-level view of discussions in online courses. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10262-9

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Same ERGM analysis across course groups. The authors interpret this as "a lower presence of social processes than in course D, yet higher than in the remainder courses where cyclical ties could not be fitted or were not significant."

"Courses with high level of interactivity showed positive and significant patterns of cyclical ties, suggesting that communication processes in them started to lead to the development of exchange in triads."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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