Learning in Online Communities: Behavioral Strategies of the Users of Educational Social Networks

Aleksei N.  Sergeev

doi:10.6000/1929-4409.2021.10.12

Authors

Aleksei N. Sergeev Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University, Volgograd, Russian Federation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2021.10.12

Keywords:

Education, Internet, social network, online community, student, teacher.

Abstract

The article deals with the results of a study on users’ behavioral strategies in educational social networks as Internet platforms for the communities of students and teachers who collaborate to solve educational problems. According to the analysis of the students and teachers’ activity on the educational social network of the Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University, the author has determined the groups of users with similar behavioral strategies, namely: community organizers, activists for communication and document exchange, educational assignment performers, information consumers, and inactive users. The author provides generalized portraits of each group, their numerical composition, as well as comparative characteristics in relation to other groups. The manuscript concludes that the presented groups reveal typical behavioral strategies of the users of educational social networks, which further development of educational platform tools, as well as pedagogical technologies based on their implementation should consider.

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