Tipping Point of Teaching Interaction in Online Learning Community

Teaching is a complex job, and the interaction between teachers and students also has complex characteristics. This study explored the latent characteristics and evolution patterns of teaching interaction in cMOOC, a Chinese online learning community course designed based on Connectionism. Based on the eigen microstate method from complex system phase transition theory, we found that the top four eigen microstates (EMs) are highly correlated with the student types artificially judged by teachers. The study also identified significant fluctuations in the evolution of teaching interactions during the transition from the course warm-up period to the start of Theme 1, which later stabilized, indicating a critical tipping point in the evolution.