Network connectivity rose across four weeks in 3D VR co-creation while 2D digital co-creation connectivity declined after week 2¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Over weeks 3–4, average linkage degree, density, and reciprocity continued to climb in 3D VR co-creation but fell in 2D digital co-creation. → Hsin-Yun Wang & Jerry Chih-Yuan Sun 2026

Evidence¶

Hsin-Yun Wang & Jerry Chih-Yuan Sun 2026¶

Hsin-Yun Wang & Jerry Chih-Yuan Sun. (2026). Understanding online knowledge communities via social networks and self-regulation in synchronous VR co-creation for distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Education Tech Research Dev, 74, 1037–1061. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-026-10588-0

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Successive cross-sectional one-mode SNA over four weeks (Table 1) of the two groups' Google Classroom conversation networks. The quote prints the diverging week-3-to-4 trajectories; no effect size was reported.

"However, the opposite trend appeared over the last two weeks; as the average linkage degree (4.5 → 5), the density (0.214 → 0.238), and the reciprocity (0.97–1) in 3D VR co-creation continued to climb, those in 2D digital co-creation began falling (linkage degree: 2.955 → 2.591; density: 0.141 → 0.123; reciprocity: 0.892–0.807)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• 3D VR co-creation showed CoI-like network features from the outset, with higher social-presence density and fewer, larger components than 2D — related
• 3D VR co-creation forms a more connected, centralized, and reciprocal aggregate social network with fewer cliques than 2D digital co-creation — a broader claim this one bears on
• Nearly all 3D VR co-creators brokered contacts across the network while many 2D digital co-creators showed no betweenness — related