Zachari Swiecki

TL;DR: This paper uses epistemic network analysis to model connections in student discourse using a temporal segmentation method adapted from recent work in the learning sciences using an approach to segmenting data for the purposes of modeling connections in discourse using epistemic networks.

TL;DR: Engineering virtual internships have been shown to increase students'-and especially women's-interest in and motivation to pursue engineering degrees and when implemented in first-year engineering curricula more broadly, the potential impact of engineering virtual internship on the size and diversity of the engineering workforce could be dramatic.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore virtual internships, online simulations of 21st-century engineering design practice, as one method for teaching engineering design thinking, using epistemic network analysis (ENA), a tool formeasuring complex thinking as it develops over time.

TL;DR: Examining the communications of air defense warfare teams from an experiment comparing two different computer-based decision support systems suggests that ENA is a more powerful tool for CPS assessment than coding and counting approaches.

TL;DR: A Design-Based Research project developing a tool that supports teachers' interventions with students in virtual internships using a networked approach and allows insights into the discourse of groups and individuals based on contributions in chat fora and assignments is presented.