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Educational Networking

A Novel Discipline for Improved Learning Based on Social Networks

  • Illustrates how the field of Educational Networking has evolved along with its future prospects
  • Theoretical elements include models, methods, theories, and techniques that ground the baseline of this emerging field
  • With many step-by-step tutorials, experiments, case studies

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Social Networks (LNSN)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Reviews

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Educational Networking: A Glimpse at Emergent Field

      • Alejandro Peña-Ayala
      Pages 77-129
  3. Conceptual

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
  4. Projects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
    2. Groups and Networks: Teachers’ Educational Networking at B@UNAM

      • Francisco Cervantes-Pérez, Guadalupe Vadillo, Jackeline Bucio
      Pages 161-193
    3. Developing a Learning Network on YouTube: Analysis of Student Satisfaction with a Learner-Generated Content Activity

      • Daniel Belanche, Luis V. Casaló, Carlos Orús, Alfredo Pérez-Rueda
      Pages 195-231
  5. Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
    2. Lurkers Versus Posters: Investigation of the Participation Behaviors in Online Learning Communities

      • Omid Reza Bolouki Speily, Alireza Rezvanian, Ardalan Ghasemzadeh, Ali Mohammad Saghiri, S. Mehdi Vahidipour
      Pages 269-298
    3. Learning Spaces in Context-Aware Educational Networking Technologies in the Digital Age

      • Valéry Psyché, Ben K. Daniel, Jacqueline Bourdeau
      Pages 299-323
  6. Study

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 325-325
    2. Mexican University Ranking Based on Maximal Clique

      • Edwin Montes-Orozco, Roman Anselmo Mora-Gutiérrez, Bibiana Obregón-Quintana, Sergio G. de-los-Cobos-Silva, Eric Alfredo Rincón-García, Pedro Lara-Velázquez et al.
      Pages 327-395
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 397-404

About this book

This book is related to the educational networking (EN) domain, an incipient but disrupting trend engaged in extending and improving formal and informal academic practices by means of the support given by online social networks (OSNs) and Web 2.0 technologies. With the aim of contributing to spread the knowledge and development of the arena, this volume introduces ten recent works, whose content meets the quality criteria of formal scientific labor that is worthy to be published according to following five categories:

·         Reviews: gather three overviews that focus on K-12 EN practice, mixed methods approaches using social network analysis for learning and education, and a broad landscape of the recent accomplished labor.

·         Conceptual: presents a work where a theoretical framework is proposed to overcome barriers that constrain the use of OSNs for educational purposes bymeans of a Platform Adoption Model. 

·         Projects: inform a couple of initiatives, where one fosters groups and networks for teachers involved in distance education, and the other encourages students the author academic videos to improve motivation and engagement.

·         Approaches: offer three experiences related to: Wiki and Blog usage for assessment affairs, application of a method that encourages OSNs users to actively post and repost valuable information for the learning community, and the recreation of learning spaces in context–aware to boost EN.

·         Study: applies an own method to ranking Mexican universities based on maximal clique, giving as a result a series of complex visual networks that characterize the tides among diverse features that describe academic institutions practice.

In resume, this volumeoffers a fresh reference of an emergent field that contributes to spreading and enhancing the provision of education in classrooms and online settings through social constructivism and collaboration policy. Thus, it is expected the published content encourages researchers, practitioners, professors, and postgraduate students to consider their future contribution to extent the scope and impact of EN in formal and informal teaching and learning endeavors.


Editors and Affiliations

  • WOLNM, Artificial Intelligence on Education Lab, Mexico City, Mexico, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Zacatenco, Mexico City, Mexico

    Alejandro Peña-Ayala

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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