TY - CONF TI - Open web annotation as connected conversation in CSCL AU - Perez, Francisco AU - Kalir, Jeremiah T2 - Connected Learning Summit AB - Research has yet to explore how the social and technical affordances of open web annotation (OWA) can mediate connections between educators in service of their professional learning. This study examined educator participation in the Marginal Syllabus, a computer supported collaborative learning environment that encouraged connected conversation via OWA. Multiple quantitative methods, including text sentiment analysis and social network analysis, were used to discern key discursive characteristics among the nine conversations of the 2016-17 Marginal Syllabus (1,163 annotations authored by 67 participating educators). Key discursive characteristics of educators’ connected conversations include: (a) generally positive sentiment; (b) educators who annotated most prolifically also authored the greatest percentage of annotations with neutral sentiment; and (c) conversations of at least four annotations tended to demonstrate a greater percentage of negative sentiment. The sentiment trends and study limitations are addressed in the final discussion. C1 - Pittsburgh, PA C3 - Proceedings of the 2018 Connected Learning Summit DA - 2019/// PY - 2019 VL - 1 SP - 185 EP - 195 PB - ETC Press ER -