OLR: Exercise 1 – Topic 10

[OLR] Exercise 10.1 Social networks case study

Social network analysis of our MOO log recordings.

Since we have a fine collection of artefacts from our own learning community in this subject, visit the MOO logs site here. Using the references to guide your directions AND figure 1 on mapping the social network as a set of nodes, follow these steps: [HINT -don't pick too small or too big an extract]

What to do:

 

1. Take any sample logs from weeks 2 to 11 and use any agenda topic extract between the ’sign’ verb annoucement that changes the agenda topic.
2. Assign each person a letter in the same order as they appear in the dialogue as a, b, c .. etc.
3. For your chosen extract, draw the social network diagram and build the same matrix of 0 and 1’s as per figure 1.
4. Descibe any patterns of people’s interactions that you discover. ( I am forcing you to think here).
5. If you were to repeat this analysis on another topic extract, would you find the same patterns?
   1. Why or why not? [HINT - changes in context and process may be just some variables to consider]
   2. Support you opinion with any of the reference provided or with others you find.
   3. Are our MOO recordings a complex system in social network analysis?