Conference proceeding
Analysis of Online Collaboration among Undergraduate Engineering Technology Students in Green Energy Manufacturing
Association for Engineering Education - Engineering Library Division Papers
24 Jun 2017
Abstract
This study uses social network analysis to examine the patterns of student interactions in an online site designed to join students within undergraduate engineering technology programs at two universities. The site was developed to provide students the opportunity to discuss, share, and learn both from and with one another on topics related to green energy manufacturing. The study demonstrates that the online site supports interaction among the undergraduate students. In particular, the networks formed by these interactions were sparse; online students did not seek or share course-related advice and information across the sites as a whole, but were selective with those whom they sought out for support, information, or guidance. This study has implications for future research to determine why students chose to use the site to interact with their peers and what these interactions provided them, advancing their learning in green energy manufacturing. Such data could inform the ways the site helped support students both in their advancement in the program, and could be useful in assisting future development of such sites and similar learning spaces. Keywords: Online Learning, engineering technology, green energy manufacturing, Social Network Analysis, Undergraduates, UCINET
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- Title
- Analysis of Online Collaboration among Undergraduate Engineering Technology Students in Green Energy Manufacturing
- Creators
- Regina RuaneRichard ChiouTzu-Liang Bill TsengSophia Rose Mayne-DeLuca
- Publication Details
- Association for Engineering Education - Engineering Library Division Papers
- Publisher
- American Society for Engineering Education-ASEE
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Engineering Leadership and Society/Engineering Technology
- Identifiers
- 991019173786904721