Looking at learning communities with the appropriate glasses: hints and ideas from network sciences by Fabio Nascimbeni

“…The paper presents and discusses - from a learning viewpoint - a brief overview of the main theoretical and practical contributions coming from Social Network Analysis – such as the “random graphs”, the “small-worlds” or the “weak-ties” theories – together with some general properties and dynamics of networks, believing that mastering these dynamics is extremely important for educational researchers and practitioners, when it comes to understanding and supporting meaningful collaborative learning.…”
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