New Approach to Activity Evaluation for Social Network Based Student Collaboration

This article is devoted to develop an algorithm and a method to assess the social networks effectiveness at "Information Security” master's programs based on profile case tasks and game solutions. A logical scheme formation algorithm during students' collaboration in process of solving tasks was presented. The main indicators that allow assessing the effectiveness of interaction between participants through social networks were highlighted. Blocks of questions were proposed to determine participants' attitude to the event, and the results of the survey were investigated. The proposed evaluation categories allowed to conduct both analysis directly during the work within the collaboration (logical connectivity and complexity of interaction), and an analysis of collaboration results effectiveness by the participants of game cases. The internal structure of the proposed case study and the implemented professional competencies were described. An experiment, which was based on research of interaction in three collaborations, was conducted: in first two collaborations the interaction was carried out only through the social network, in the third (control group) the interaction was carried out offline during periodic meetings. The experiment results showed that using a social network for training makes it possible to achieve high indicators of students involvement in case study collaboration.