SNA Tasks
Social Network Analysis Tasks
Goals
- Integrate SNA to assess social interaction in lesson discussion community
Summary
- Monday: Submit data entry in Excel/Google Sheet format
- Wednesday: Receive SNA social graphs and metrics form the instructors
- Friday: Submit the reflection & report
Read: (as early as possible to obtain good understanding on SNA)
- See Lesson 2 KEY 2 discussion question.
- Tutorial for Network Weaving by Dr. Aras Bozkurt (PowerPoint; Show you how to add data to spreadsheet)
- Optional:
- Behavior identification on a Connectivist Rhizomatic learning network, by Bozkurt, Aras.
Data Entry (Monday): Complete by Monday after the lesson discussion completed
- Use Excel or Google Sheet to enter the SNA data
- Sample entry: Google Sheet or Excel
- IMPORTANT: When you conduct data entry, be sure to enter students' Nabble names consistently.
- EX: "Chih Tu" not "Chih_Tu" "Chih-Tu" nor "Chih"
- If you input the students with different names, our SNA won't be accurate at all.
- You can use to view the classmates' Nabble usernames.
- IMPORTANT: When you conduct data entry, be sure to enter students' Nabble names consistently.
- You can sort your spreadsheet by students' names to see any wrong names. Example:
- You do not need to order your data entry by name or post date/time etc. It doesn't matter when I conduct SNA on NodeXL.
- Share it with Drs. Chih Tu (ct68@nau.edu) & Aras Bozkurt (arasbozkurt@gmail.com)
- We will run SNA on NodeXL Pro for you to prepare the report and the reflection.
- Optional Video Resources:
Receive (Wednesday): SNA social graphs and metrics from Drs. Chih Tu & Aras Bozkurt by Wednesday
Complete (Friday): SNA report & reflection by Friday
- Use SNA Report & Reflection Template
- Review template
- Download template
- File name: EX: ETC655-Fall-2017-SNA Report-Group-X
- Length: 1,500-2,000 words (Use Word Count feature to check the length; Tools>Word Count)
- Share the SNA Report & Reflect with Drs. Chih Tu (ct68@nau.edu) & Aras Bozkurt (arasbozkurt@gmail.com)
- Your group will receive the results that include:
- A spreadsheet
- A few social graphs
- Download a copy for your own references
- SNA results: Spreadsheet
- Look for "VERTICES-NODES" tab
- Focus your report and reflections on the columns of "In-Degree," "Out-Degree," & "Betweenness Centrality."
- Calculate the Mean and Standard Deviation for each column to help you to interpret.
- In-degree show the numbers of communication ones receive while out-degree represents communication they make to others.
- Betweenness centrality denotes the extent to which a participate lies between others in their network (class community). It is a measure of the potential influence arising from their positions within the network through both direct and indirect pathways.
- SNA results: Social Graphs
- Use different social graphs to help you to interpret.
- The social graphs may look like this:
