Learning Analytics In R With Sna Lsa And Mpia

This Book Introduces Meaningful Purposive Interaction Analysis (mpia) Theory, Which Combines Social Network Analysis (sna) With Latent Semantic Analysis (lsa) To Help Create And Analyse A Meaningful Learning Landscape From The Digital Traces Left By A Learning Community In The Co-construction Of Knowledge. The Hybrid Algorithm Is Implemented In The Statistical Programming Language And Environment R, Introducing Packages Which Capture - Through Matrix Algebra - Elements Of Learners' Work With More Knowledgeable Others And Resourceful Content Artefacts. The Book Provides Comprehensive Package-by-package Application Examples, And Code Samples That Guide The Reader Through The Mpia Model To Show How The Mpia Landscape Can Be Constructed And The Learners Journey Mapped And Analysed.