@inbook{5da939295a684d5d8c84cead871b7bf7,
title = "Analysis of constructivist, network-based discourses: concepts, prospects, and illustrations",
abstract = "The authors propose a new approach to discourse analysis which is based on meta data from social networking behavior of learners who are submerged in a socially constructivist e-learning environment. It is shown that traditional data modeling techniques can be combined with social network analysis - an approach that promises to yield new insights into the largely uncharted domain of network-based discourse analysis. The chapter is treated as a non-technical introduction and is illustrated with real examples, visual representations, and empirical findings. Within the setting of a constructivist statistics course, the chapter provides an illustration of what network-based discourse analysis is about (mainly from a methodological point of view), how it is implemented in practice, and why it is relevant for researchers and educators.",
author = "P. Wessa and S. Poelmans and I.E. Holliday",
year = "2013",
month = aug,
doi = "10.4018/978-1-4666-4426-7.ch002",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4666-4426-7",
series = "Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology Book Series",
publisher = "IGI Global",
pages = "19--41",
editor = "Lim, {Hwee Ling} and Fay Sudweeks",
booktitle = "Innovative methods and technologies for electronic discourse analysis",
address = "United States",
}