SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING VISUALIZATIONS INDICATIVE OF LEARNER PERFORMANCE IN AN eLEARNING SYSTEM

An electronic learning system, comprising:

• at least one data storage device storing social connectedness data for a class, the class comprising a plurality of learner members and the social connectedness data including an amount of communication between learner members;
• and
• at least one processor in data communication with the at least one data storage device, the at least one processor adapted to:
• receive the social connectedness data for the class from the at least one data storage device,
• determine, from the social connectedness data, a first amount of communication between a first learner member of the plurality of learner members and a second learner member of the plurality of learner members, determine, from the first amount of communication, a first distance for separating a first icon representing the first learner member from a second icon representing the second learner member,
• determine, from the social connectedness data, a second amount of communication between a third learner member of the plurality of learner members and the second learner member, the second amount of communication being less than the first amount of communication,
• determine, from the second amount of communication, a second distance for separating a third icon representing the first learner member from the second icon, the second distance being less than the first distance, and
• generate a screen providing an overview of a learner social connectedness, including generating as part of the screen a sociogram and plotting on the sociogram the first icon, the second icon at the first distance from the first icon, and the third icon at the second distance from the second icon.

A screen generation system, comprising:

• at least one data storage device storing social connectedness data for a class, the class comprising a plurality of learner members and the social connectedness data including an amount of communication between learner members;
• and
• at least one processor in data communication with the at least one data storage device, the at least one processor adapted to:
• receive the social connectedness data for the class from the at least one data storage device, and
• generating a screen including a sociogram on which is plotted an icon for each learner member of the plurality of learner members, the amount of communication between learner members influencing distances between icons, wherein the icons of two learner members who are very communicative with each other are attracted to each other such that the distance between the icons is reduced whereby a clustering of icons is indicative of a group formed between corresponding learner members.