Social Network Analysis of a Physics Faculty Online Learning Community

Hatcher, Chase; Price, Edward; Smith, P. Sean; Turpen, Chandra; Brewe, Eric

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Social Network Analysis of a Physics Faculty Online Learning Community

written by Chase Hatcher, Edward Price, P. Sean Smith, Chandra Turpen, and Eric Brewe

We analyze the results of two surveys administered to a Faculty Online Learning Community teaching a common physics curriculum designed primarily for pre-service elementary teachers. We use Social Network Analysis to represent the faculty network and compare members' closeness, a measure of how closely connected a person is with every other person in their network, to their reported experience in the community. We find that participants' self-efficacy, as well as their teaching and sense of benefitting from the community, are predictors of their centrality in the network as measured by closeness with other participants.

Physics Education Research Conference 2022
Part of the PER Conference series
Grand Rapids, MI: July 13-14, 2022
Pages 218-223

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Hatcher, C., Price, E., Smith, S., Turpen, C., & Brewe, E. (2022, July 13-14). Social Network Analysis of a Physics Faculty Online Learning Community. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2022, Grand Rapids, MI. Retrieved May 2, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16236&DocID=5605

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Hatcher, C, E. Price, S. Smith, C. Turpen, and E. Brewe. "Social Network Analysis of a Physics Faculty Online Learning Community." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2022, Grand Rapids, MI, July 13-14, 2022. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16236&DocID=5605 (accessed 2 May 2025).

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Hatcher, Chase, Edward Price, Sean Smith, Chandra Turpen, and Eric Brewe. "Social Network Analysis of a Physics Faculty Online Learning Community." Physics Education Research Conference 2022. Grand Rapids, MI: 2022. 218-223 of PER Conference. 2 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16236&DocID=5605>.

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