Mini Symposium
“Computer Based Interaction Analysis
supporting participants of technology mediated activities”: Achievements and
prospects
Organized in the frame of:
“Kaleidoscope Symposium
2007: Defining the Scientific Evolution of Technology Enhanced Learning”,
Organizers:
Angelique Dimitracopoulou, LTEE
laboratory, University of the
Agathe Merceron, University of Applied Sciences (TFH)
Judith Schoonenboom, Universiteit van
Amsterdam/Sco-Kohnstamm Instituut - NL
Yannis Dimitriadis,
Scope:
Computer based interaction analysis is an emerging field aiming at
supporting the participants in technology mediated activities directly (e.g.
offering visualized information for selfregulation
purposes) or indirectly (e.g. adapting the environment).
The purpose of the session
is firstly to outline the main theoretical concepts, methods and tools that
were developed, secondly to discuss on the prospects of the field, and finally
to reflect on the integration achieved by the synergy of kaleidoscope NoE scientists, during different joint research activities.
Mini-Symposium
Structure:
Part A: Achievements
(45 min):
Each
speaker presents an overview of:
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Concepts constructed
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Tools developed
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Research results
- Additional outputs from the continuation of their work in the wider
scientific community.
Part B: Prospects (15 min) :
The
organizers will discuss their point of view on the prospects of the field (in
the specific aspects of their work, as well as more generally [format: panel-like discussion].
Part C: Discussion with the audience (15 min)
Indicative questions-dimensions of
discussion:
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Significance of the
research field
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Aspects of their own work
and additional dimensions than those exposed
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Perspectives of further
integration as well as more profound research aspects
Symposium Output: The powerpoint presentations can be downloaded:
2. Achievements Part: 2_1_Merceron; 2_2_Schoonenboom; 2_3_Dimitracopoulou; 2_4_Dimitriadis; 2_5_Conclusions
3. Prospects Part: 3_1_Merceron; 3_2_Schoonenboom; 3_3_Dimitracopoulou; 3_4_Dimitriadis
Symposium
Purpose:
Computer based interaction analysis is an emerging field aiming at
supporting directly or indirectly the participants in technology mediated
activities. The automated analysis of participants’ interactions is taken into
account in two main directions that are distinguished but also complementary
ones. A first direction is that the system, based on the output of interactions
analysis, takes into account the profiles and the cognitive processes of
individuals or collaborating groups, in order to adapt the learning
environments in their own needs and preferences, or even to provide appropriate
messages guiding them. A second direction is to provide directly to the
participants information (usually visualized one) based on the automated
interaction analysis, so as to selfregulate their
decisions, actions and behaviors, supporting them in a level of awareness and metacognition. In the first case, it is the system that
makes the decisions, while in the second one the locus of control is on the
human actors’ side. Concerning the participants in the technology mediated
activities, they can be typically the teachers, moderators and students (in a
wide variety of roles in the range of learning situations), or even the members
of a scientific network, respecting their various roles.
Kaleidoscope
NoE was averred a fertile research community,
offering an appropriate atmosphere and infrastructure to work on the field, to
contribute to it and develop it, according to five dimensions:
¨
Elaborating theoretical
work on concepts, methods, research approaches and research directions, on
computer based Interaction analysis, supporting
participants in technology based learning activities for selfregulatory
purposes (‘ICALTS’ & ‘Interaction Analysis’ JEIRP, 2004, 2005)
¨
Focusing on more specific aspects of computer based interaction
analysis, especially for collaborative activities, defining common formats on
interaction analysis processes, and applying well designed cross-cultural
studies {‘CAViCoLA’ ERT,
2006, 2007).
¨
Offering fundamental elaborations on analysis and categorisation of
trails produced by the exploration of various kinds of Learning Objects (web
based materials, inquiry environments, etc), in the perspective of
representation of individual or group cognitive processes (‘TRAILs’
JEIRP, 2004).
¨
Capitalizing on the scattered experience in storing and analyzing usages
of learning systems and producing Design Patterns in order to support designers
in the development of personalized learning environments (DPULS
JEIRP, 2005)
¨
Developing interaction analysis tools for selfregulation
(according to predefined Interaction Analysis significant Indicators), of the
members of a scientific network of excellence (‘CCI-Interaction
Analysis’ Task, 2006, 2007).
The aim of this
mini-symposium is firstly to outline the main theoretical concepts, methods and
tools that were developed, secondly to discuss on the prospects of the field,
and finally to reflect on the achieved integration as well as to identify
dimensions and aspects demanding further elaboration.
How
Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence promoted scientific Integration, in the case
of Computer Based Interaction Analysis: In the field of Interaction Analysis the underlying projects have
enriched their work, through two sources of integration’ influences:
(I) Horizontal
Integration: that constitutes a kind of formal and intended integration.
The work underlying the above mentioned projects have reached integration
through: (a) interdisciplinary composition of Joint Activities (projects)
through diverse profiles of research laboratories: some having a more cognitive
psychology-oriented background, others computer science, while others having a
stronger education background (via researches on learning in specific subject
matters areas, such as sciences); (b) work in different range of population:
adults, vocational education, students in University, secondary education or
even young children and pre-primary education, where different learning
phenomena can emerge; (c) study of a variety of technological tools for
learning, with similar purposes and different characteristics; (d) scientific
activity in different communities of scientific work, as expressed by the SIGs
(e.g. CSCL, Inquiry Learning, AIED,
Mobile learning) influencing the main theoretical or research questions, or
even the category of the tools developed.
(II) Transversal integration: that constitutes a kind of informal
integration. The fact that different joint activities work through the years on
a similar theme contributes efficiently to the concepts construction, tools
developed, research questioning, and perspectives considered, if moreover we
take into account that: (a) the specific work outputs (project deliverables,
workshops organized, etc) of previous or parallel projects in progress are
integrated (b) there are spaces (e.g. SIGs) that favor wider exchanges.
References:
ICALTS JEIRP: Interaction & Collaboration Analysis' supporting Teachers & Students'
Self-regulation
(2004) URL: http://www.rhodes.aegean.gr/LTEE/KALEIDOSCOPE-ICALTS
IA JEIRP: Interaction analysis - Supporting
participants in technology based learning activities, (2005) URL: http://www.rhodes.aegean.gr/ltee/kaleidoscope-IA
TRAILs JEIRP: Personalised and Collaborative
Trails of Digital and Non-Digital Learning Objects, (2004) URL: http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/trails
DPULS JEIRP: Design patterns
for recording and analysing usage of learning systems (2005) URL:
http://www.noe-kaleidoscope.org/pub/network/communities/jeirp/
CCI-IA Task: Communication and Collaboration
infrastructure – Interaction Analysis Task of Kaleidoscope Network of
Excellence (2006, 2007) URL: http://ia.noe-kaleidoscope.org