Electronic Social Networks and Social Constructive Learning: Designing and Verifying the Application of Virtual Social Networks in Collegiate face to face Education

willingness to communicate in the iranian context: language learning orientation and social support

why some learners are willing to communicate in english, concurrently others are not, has been an intensive investigation in l2 education. willingness to communicate (wtc) proposed as initiating to communicate while given a choice has recently played a crucial role in l2 learning. it was hypothesized that wtc would be associated with language learning orientations (llos) as well as social suppo...

The Virtual Social Networks and Couples’ Commitment

Technologies and various media have affected social institutions such as family and causeshape changes in relationships within the family. One of the means of communication that are easilyand widely used in the household is Internet. With the entrance of media, especially the Internet tothe family, changes in personal, social, public and private relationships are occurred. The use ofsocial netw...

Modeling face-to-face social interaction networks

Social Evolution: Opinions and Behaviors in Face-to-Face Networks

Exposure to new ideas and opinions, and their diffusion within social networks, are important questions in education, business, and government. However until recently there has been no method to automatically capture fine-grained face-to-face interactions between people, to better model the diffusion process. In this thesis, we describe the use of colocation and communication sensors in ‘social...

the virtual social networks and couples’ commitment

technologies and various media have affected social institutions such as family and causeshape changes in relationships within the family. one of the means of communication that are easilyand widely used in the household is internet. with the entrance of media, especially the internet tothe family, changes in personal, social, public and private relationships are occurred. the use ofsocial netw...