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Critical Thinking as a Framework for Structuring Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication within Learning Design-Based E-Learning Systems

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Intelligent Collaborative e-Learning Systems and Applications

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This paper describes a conceptual framework focusing on the role that the development of learners’ core cognitive skills and critical thinking plays on the success of synchronous and asynchronous communication within learning design-based e-learning systems. Based on this framework, we propose the design of specific tools which can be used by both teachers and students for structuring synchronous and asynchronous communication. In particular, a Cognitive Skill-based Communication Wizard (CSC-Wizard) is proposed as a supporting tool for helping discussion participants formulate appropriate interventions that express their intentions more clearly and thus facilitate the development of their cognitive skills more adequately. The design of this CSC-Wizard is based on modern social and constructivist views of learning and dialogue modeling. The idea, the rationale, the architecture and the interface associated with the proposed CSC-Wizard is presented through implementing a specific example within LAMS and MOODLE systems; which are widely used web-based, open source environments that support learning design.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, 26500, Rion Patras, Greece

    Maria Kordaki

  2. Department of Computer Science, Open University of Catalonia, Rambla Poblenou 156, 08018, Barcelona, Spain

    Thanasis Daradoumis

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    Thanasis Daradoumis , Santi Caballé  & Joan Manuel Marquès ,  & 

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Kordaki, M., Daradoumis, T. (2009). Critical Thinking as a Framework for Structuring Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication within Learning Design-Based E-Learning Systems. In: Daradoumis, T., Caballé, S., Marquès, J.M., Xhafa, F. (eds) Intelligent Collaborative e-Learning Systems and Applications. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 246. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04001-6_6

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