Mapeamento Sistemático da Literatura acadêmico-científica sobre Análise de Redes Sociais aplicada em E-Learning

This paper presents the results of a bibliographic study of literature, in English, about the scientific articles that deal with the Social Network Analysis (SNA) applied in teaching models Elearning, with the aim of identifying aspects given E -Learning when SNA is inserted in this context, as well as exploring the possibilities of study on this topic. This research allowed us to realize that few studies show the use of SNA metrics applied in E-learning to examine their experiments, and that the main focus of scientific research that deal with this issue has been measuring the insulation index or student engagement through the analysis of existing interaction in online discussion forums. The findings generate the theoretical foundation for, in a next step, research on the interaction that occurs in the discussion forums, in order to understand if this type of online interaction can impact the performance of the student in distance courses, whose research will be conducted through the metrics of Social Network Analysis.