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Visualizations play an important role in learning analytics, supporting reflection and decision making. Network representations are commonly used for depicting social interactions between learners. While there are many network visualization platforms available, most of them are aimed at researchers, requiring social network analysis expertise. Our goal is to provide a simple tool for visualizing students’ collaboration patterns in a social learning environment, which should be easy to use by the teacher. The paper presents a description of this tool (called StudentViz), some design and implementation details, and an illustration of its functionalities. It further shows that the tool adequately addresses the visualization needs of the instructors, fostering insight gaining.
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Becheru, A., Calota, A., Popescu, E. (2018). StudentViz: A Tool for Visualizing Students’ Collaborations in a Social Learning Environment. In: Chang, M., et al. Challenges and Solutions in Smart Learning. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8743-1_12
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