基于微信的虚拟学习社群研究

Research on Wechat-based Virtual Learning Community

微信作为一款集通讯、社交和平台功能于一体的移动应用软件,为构建虚拟学习社群提供了技术支持。运用社会网络分析法中的整体网研究,针对一个基于微信的虚拟学习社群进行案例分析,通过群中学习者的行为特点及网络结构,构建其社会网络分析模型,并通过分析模型中网络结构关系、网络密度及小团体数目等因素探究微信好友关系对社群发展的影响,以期为成功构造基于微信的虚拟学习社群提供借鉴与启示。

WeChat, an applied software, provides a technical support for constructing a virtual learning community with an integration of communication and social interaction as a mobile platform. This paper adopted the whole network mode of social network analysis to study the case of a WeChat-based virtual learning community. It aimed to construct a model of social network analysis characteristic of learners＇ behaviors and network structure, and explore the effects of WeChat friends＇ ties on the community in the perspective of network relationships, network density and subgroup numbers, which can provide references for successfully constructing aWeChat-based virtual learning community.