Learn ENA by making the analysis decisions.

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FirstGame mean ENA network. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

Research DesignBeginner20 minAug 9, 2026

Frame an ENA Study: Units, Conversations, and Codes

Translate a relational research question into aligned units of analysis, conversation boundaries, and theory-linked codes before opening the software.

research questionunitsconversations

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Tan et al. (2024), figure 1 · CC BY 4.0

Source records highlighted within a stanza window. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

Research DesignIntermediate35 minJul 24, 2026

ENA Academy Lesson 07

Justify a Moving Stanza Window From Interaction Context

Use the shared synthetic design-talk dataset to practise choosing how many nearby rows may contribute to a modeled connection and why that span represents meaningful context in the activity, document the decision, test a defensible alternative, and keep every interpretation tied to source evidence.

moving stanza windowcontext lengthconversation boundary

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Tan et al. (2024), figure 13 · CC BY 4.0

RescuShell tutorial dataset: first three records. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

Research DesignIntermediate35 minJul 26, 2026

ENA Academy Lesson 09

Model Nested Units and Metadata Without Pseudoreplication

Use the shared synthetic design-talk dataset to practise aligning the network unit with hierarchical data such as turns within students, students within teams, and teams within classrooms, document the decision, test a defensible alternative, and keep every interpretation tied to source evidence.

nested unitsmetadata hierarchypseudoreplication

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Tan et al. (2024), tutorial example · CC BY 4.0

Difference between two individual ENA networks. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

Research DesignIntermediate35 minJul 28, 2026

ENA Academy Lesson 11

Design Paired and Repeated ENA Comparisons

Use the shared synthetic design-talk dataset to practise comparing the same units across time or conditions without treating repeated networks as unrelated observations, document the decision, test a defensible alternative, and keep every interpretation tied to source evidence.

paired comparisonrepeated measureswithin-unit change

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Tan et al. (2024), figure 11 · CC BY 4.0

Novice networks projected into the expert space. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

Research DesignIntermediate35 minAug 2, 2026

ENA Academy Lesson 16

Run Window and Segmentation Sensitivity as a Model Grid

Use the shared synthetic design-talk dataset to practise separating two coupled context decisions by evaluating a small prespecified grid of segmentation and moving-window alternatives, document the decision, test a defensible alternative, and keep every interpretation tied to source evidence.

sensitivity gridsegmentationwindow size

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Tan et al. (2024), figure 28 · CC BY 4.0

Mean network comparison with both groups' ENA points. Original figure from the ENA and ONA tutorial by Tan and colleagues (2024).

Research DesignIntermediate35 minAug 6, 2026

ENA Academy Lesson 20

Plan Multiple-Group ENA Contrasts and Multiplicity

Use the shared synthetic design-talk dataset to practise comparing three or more groups without forcing them into a two-group means rotation or reporting every favorable pairwise difference, document the decision, test a defensible alternative, and keep every interpretation tied to source evidence.

multiple groupsplanned contrastsmultiplicity

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Tan et al. (2024), figure 8 · CC BY 4.0