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Interaction and Collaboration Using an Intelligent Collaborative Learning Environment

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The goal of this research is to design and prototype an intelligent collaborative learning environment. Within this environment, we study synchronous interaction among group members (students) working on a problem/project. Students use an Intelligent Collaborative Support System (ICSS) and a shared activity space: the Tulka Whiteboard. Two main interaction spaces have been implemented: a planning-communication space and a production space. Dialogue and negotiation are supported through the ICSS permitting exchange and evaluation of free-text communication messages that are initiated by students choosing sentence openers from a menu. Using the whiteboard, a virtual room is dedicated to a group of students who share documents, annotations on documents, drawing tools, and text tools. Each group is provided a dynamic assessment of their collaborative skills based on a communication skills model.

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  1. Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA

    Robert M. Aiken

  2. Researcher LIUPPA Laboratory, Institut d’Administration des Entreprises, Avenue du Doyen Poplawski, BP 575, 64012 PAU, France

    Marie-Noelle Bessagnet

  3. Department of Computer Science, Widener University, One University Place, Chester, PA, 19013, USA

    Judith Israel

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Aiken, R.M., Bessagnet, MN. & Israel, J. Interaction and Collaboration Using an Intelligent Collaborative Learning Environment. Educ Inf Technol 10, 67–82 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-005-6748-3

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