The NSF EXP collaboration network connected 238 researchers across 87 projects and 116 expertise areas¶

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q2 i? Social network analysis of NSF project collaborations from 2011 to 2022 depicted 238 researchers connected to 87 projects representing 116 expertise areas. → Prado 2024

Evidence¶

Prado 2024¶

Prado, Y.; Ouyang, S.; Risha, Z.; Ferguson, C.; Gardner, S.; Mallavarapu A.; Kelley, C.; Martin, W.; Glazer, K.; Hampton, S.; Fusco, J.; Pillai, S.; Walker, E.; Roschelle, J. (2024). Unveiling the Value of Exploration: Insights from NSF-Funded Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning [Report]. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/230

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Social network analysis visualizing investigator relationships, with projects (blue nodes) connected to investigators (red nodes) and topic areas via has-expertise edges. The analysis aimed to show diversity of expertise and intensity of inter-expertise collaboration.

"This network depicts 238 researchers connected to 87 projects and represents 116 expertise areas that form the “building blocks” for interdisciplinary research in this community."

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