This presentation is prepared for DALMOOC and talks about the use of social network analysis for the development of social capital based on social presence in communities of inquiry The presentation is based on Kovanović, V., Joksimović, S., Gašević, D., Hatala, M., “What is the source of social capital? The association between social network position and social presence in communities of inquiry,” In Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Educational Data Mining – Workshops, London, UK, 2014, http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1183/gedm_paper03.pdf

1. Social Network Analysis and
Social Presence
Dragan Gašević
@dgasevic

2. What shapes
network positions?

4. Social presence
“ability to project themselves socially and emotionally,
as “real” people
(i.e., their full personality), through
the medium of communication being used”
Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., Archer. W. (1999), Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer
conferencing in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2–3),87–105.

5. Social presence
Affectivity and expression of emotions
Interactivity and open communication
Cohesiveness
Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., Archer. W. (1999), Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in
higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2–3),87–105.

6. Social presence categories
Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., Archer. W. (2014), Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in
higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2–3),87–105, 1999.

7. What is the association between
network position and
social presence?
Kovanović, V., Joksimović, S., Gašević, D., Hatala, M., “What is the source of social capital? The association between social
network position and social presence in communities of inquiry,” In Proceedings of 7th International Conference on
Educational Data Mining –Workshops, London, UK, 2014, http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1183/gedm_paper03.pdf

8. Study
Fully online master’s course (N=81) in
software engineering
Manual coding of discussion messages with
social presence indicators
Networks from discussion boards
Kovanović, V., Joksimović, S., Gašević, D., Hatala, M., “What is the source of social capital? The association between social
network position and social presence in communities of inquiry,” In Proceedings of 7th International Conference on
Educational Data Mining –Workshops, London, UK, 2014, http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1183/gedm_paper03.pdf

9. Association of social presence and
network centrality
Kovanović, V., Joksimović, S., Gašević, D., Hatala, M., “What is the source of social capital? The association between social
network position and social presence in communities of inquiry,” In Proceedings of 7th International Conference on
Educational Data Mining –Workshops, London, UK, 2014, http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1183/gedm_paper03.pdf

10. Teaching presence
facilitates the development of
network centrality
by guiding students to
establish social presence