Social Networks Analysis in the Classroom: The Importance of Equilibrium in a Shared Social Space

Session Details

Speaker(s)

• Cyprien P. Lomas, Associate Professor and Director of Research, CEIT, The University of Queensland

Abstract

To develop a diverse e-learning community built around cooperation and self-organization, an understanding of the community's underlying ecosystem is required. By modeling the topology of the links among ideas, people, and interactions, we will clarify the power differentials that emerge as expressed through the properties of a network of hubs and nodes.