Exploring Dialogue Games for Collaborative Modeling

Abstract

In our search for better understanding and support of the activities constituting collaborative modeling processes, we have developed a framework viewing them as enacted dialogue games. We have also developed and evaluated a number of experimental game-like procedures, exploring ‘modeling as a game’. In this chapter, we present our generalized findings and experiences so far, discussing some key aspects underlying the analysis and design of collaborative modeling activities as dialogue games, with some emphasis on the support and guidance of novice modelers (as opposed to expert modelers).

Group Model‐Building ‘Scripts’ as a Collaborative Planning Tool

“…The first development in the last decade has been to group cases according to different contexts: public policy (Cockerill et al , ), enterprise resource planning implementation (Rouwette and Vennix, ), criminal justice (Rouwette, ) and environmental modelling (Beall and Ford, ). The second development has been to use controlled settings to assess the impact of the modelling process (Dwyer and Stave, ; McCardle‐Keurentjes et al , , ; Hoppenbrouwers et al , ).…”

Introduction

“…Some results also point at the importance of (human or automatic) facilitation and scaffolding during the model creation process (Hjalmarsson et al 2015) and the model alignment process (Rittgen 2007), particularly for inexperienced modelers (Davies et al 2006). In addition, procedural and structural scaffolds provided by a facilitator or an automated system may support the elaboration of incomplete models (Herrmann and Loser 2013;Hoppenbrouwers et al 2013;Oppl 2016;Oppl and Hoppenbrouwers 2016).…”