Towards a Process Definition for the Shared Understanding Construction in Computer-Supported Collaborative Work

Agredo-Delgado, Vanessa; Ruiz, Pablo H.; Mon, Alicia; Collázos, César A.; Fardoun, Habib M.

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“…A first version of the process [21] was defined, based on this work, for collaborative work in a variety of contexts and not only in education. For this purpose, the pre-process phase and some activities of the process were updated and adapted, and some elements for the construction of shared understanding were incorporated.…”

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“…For the design, execution, and analysis of the results obtained from the collaborative activity, THUNDERS was used. THUNDERS is a second version of the process presented in [21], which has been improved and complemented thanks to the results obtained from validation of the initial version. The process presented here is based on guidelines with which to guide the entire collaborative process in such a way that it can be ensured that from the design of the activity a shared understanding is built into its execution which thus allows the resolution of the problem.…”

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An Exploratory Study on the Validation of THUNDERS: A Process to Achieve Shared Understanding in Problem-Solving Activities

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The complexity in collaborative work is mainly related to the difficulty in social interaction, which generates low levels of understanding among participants about what they should do and about the problem to be solved, resulting in problems in the motivation to generate true collaboration. Therefore, in the search to improve collaborative work and encourage this collaboration, it is necessary to implement strategies that promote the construction of shared understanding and obtain better group results. However, building it becomes a challenge due to the factors that influence it and how little is known about its construction. In this sense, to improve collaborative work, as a result of a research process, the THUNDERS process is proposed, which provides a set of elements to build shared understanding in problem-solving activities and with heterogeneous group formation. Specifically, this paper presents the results of the statistical validation of THUNDERS through the Student’s t-test, which was used in an exploratory study in the educational field in two Colombian universities, where learning styles were considered for the formation of groups; having groups that used the process and other control groups that did not use it, the collaborative activity consisted of determining the scope of a process line simulating a software development company. According to the results obtained in the context of this study, it can be considered that THUNDERS encourages and improves shared understanding when people in a group work collaboratively to solve a problem. In addition, elements for improvement were identified that should be incorporated in further stages of this research so that the process allows for an easy and guided construction of shared understanding in any application context.

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Learn-CIAM: A Model-Driven Approach for the Development of Collaborative Learning Tools

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This paper introduces Learn-CIAM, a new model-based methodological approach for the design of flows and for the semi-automatic generation of tools in order to support collaborative learning tasks. The main objective of this work is to help professors by establishing a series of steps for the specification of their learning courses and the obtaining of collaborative tools to support certain learning activities (in particular, for in-group editing, searching and modeling). This paper presents a complete methodological framework, how it is supported conceptually and technologically, and an application example. So to guarantee the validity of the proposal, we also present some validation processes with potential designers and users from different profiles such as Education and Computer Science. The results seem to demonstrate a positive reception and acceptance, concluding that its application would facilitate the design of learning courses and the generation of collaborative learning tools for professionals of both profiles.

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Towards a Process Definition for the Shared Understanding Construction in Computer-Supported Collaborative Work

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An Exploratory Study on the Validation of THUNDERS: A Process to Achieve Shared Understanding in Problem-Solving Activities

An Exploratory Study on the Validation of THUNDERS: A Process to Achieve Shared Understanding in Problem-Solving Activities

Learn-CIAM: A Model-Driven Approach for the Development of Collaborative Learning Tools

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