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Peer knowledge modeling in computer supported collaborative learning

Learners benefit from collaboration because it triggers effective interaction processes such as externalization, elicitation and negotiation of knowledge. In order to communicate effectively, learners need to have a certain representation of their peers' k ...

EPFL2009

Reflect : An Interactive Table for Regulating Face-to-Face Collaborative Learning

Pierre Dillenbourg, Frédéric Kaplan, Khaled Bachour

In face-to-face collaborative learning, unbalanced participation often leads to the undersirable result of some participants experiencing lower learning outcomes than others. Providing feedback to the participants on the level of their participation could ...

Springer2008

The effects of animations on verbal interaction in computer supported collaborative learning

Pierre Dillenbourg, Mirweis Sangin, Gaëlle Molinari

This paper focuses on the interaction patterns of learners studying in pairs who were provided with multimedia learning material. In a previous article, we reported that learning scores were higher for dyads of an ‘animations’ condition than for dyads of a ...

2008

Knowing What the Peer Knows: The Differential Effect of Knowledge Awareness on Collaborative Learning Performance of Asymmetric Pairs

Pierre Dillenbourg, Mirweis Sangin, Gaëlle Molinari

In an empirical study, we provided (or not) pairs of students working in a remote collaborative learning situation with a knowledge awareness tool that provided learner A with learner B’s level of knowledge measured through a pre-test. We analyzed the effe ...

Springer2008

From Mirroring to Guiding: A Review of State of the Art Technology for Supporting Collaborative Learning

Patrick Jermann

We review a representative selection of systems that support the management of collaborative learning interaction, and characterize them within a simple classification framework. The framework distinguishes between mirroring systems, which display basic ac ...

2005

From mirroring to guiding: A review of the state of art technology for supporting collaborative learning

Patrick Jermann

We review systems that support the management of collaborative interaction, and propose a classification framework built on a simple model of coaching. Our framework distinguishes between mirroring systems, which display basic actions to collaborators, met ...

2001

An analysis of learner arguments in a collective learning environment

Pierre Dillenbourg, Patrick Jermann

This contribution analyses the arguments of students in a learning activity entitled "Argue Graph". This activity is intended to make students understand the relationship between learning theories and design choices in courseware development. The analysis ...

1999

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