The document discusses analyzing student participation and engagement in an online graduate education course. It describes using various technical tools like engagement indexes, asset libraries, and whiteboards to track participation metrics. It analyzes how tweaking elements like disabling thumbnail liking affected participation behaviors. Key findings were that the engagement index influenced participation levels, but removing game-like elements reduced competitive behaviors and more participation was based on intrinsic motivation. Overall it assessed using social learning analytics to better understand online collaboration and knowledge building.
