Towards Collaborative Complex Learning Objects by the Virtualization of Collaborative Sessions

Caballé, Santi; Dunwell, Ian; Pierri, Anna; Zurolo, Francesco; Gañán, David; Daradoumis, Τhanasis; Mora, Nestor

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-35879-1_41

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“…Currently, we are exploiting our ontological framework CS 2 within the ALICE project to model and represent in common format collaborative learning data coming from different data sources. The framework is being used as the input to transform text-based forums into virtualized collaborative sessions with animated and interactive storyboards where learners can observe how avatars discuss and collaborate and how knowledge is constructed [20]. The aim is to leverage the benefits of collaborative learning in on-line settings where collaboration is difficult to achieve, and eventually provide advanced collaborative learning resources with authentic interactivity, user empowerment and challenge, thus positively influencing learner motivation and engagement into the learning process.…”

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Towards the Representation of Emotional Information from On-Line Collaborative Learning Sessions

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Caballé

Gañán

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2012 Sixth International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems

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There have been great efforts in the semantic web community so far in order to provide specifications, standards and ontologies to facilitate semantic processes in the web. Our aim is to take advantage of these works as much as possible for the purpose of modelling and representing information and knowledge of collaborative learning in the context of online web forums. To this end, an ontological framework that allows for representing information about collaborative activities realized using online web forums has been created and used to support the virtualization of collaborative sessions, creating animated storyboards that reproduce collaborative sessions from the web forums of virtual classrooms. Even though the information from the framework has proven to be enough to create animated storyboards, we realized that certain emotional information about the opinion (or the sentiment) of each user would be very useful in improving the final representation of the information. This paper presents an extension of a previous ontological framework to include emotional information about the sentiment and opinion of students when collaborating. The research reported in this paper is currently undertaken within a FP7 European project called ALICE.

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confidence: 98%

Towards the Representation of Emotional Information from On-Line Collaborative Learning Sessions

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Caballé

Gañán

et al. 2012

2012 Sixth International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems

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CC-LO: A New Type of Learning Object for the Virtualization of Live Collaborative Sessions

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Mora

Dunwell

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2011 Third International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems

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CC-LO: Embedding Interactivity, Challenge and Empowerment into Collaborative Learning Sessions

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Dunwell³

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JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science

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Despite their demonstrated potential through a range of early studies, on-line collaborative learning systems do not yet have the impact that many believe is possible. In particular, collaborative learning approaches cannot be readily applied to every e-learning experience, since they require a degree of presence and/or collaboration which may be difficult to achieve. In addition, collaborative learning systems often lack the challenging resources and tools required to fully support collaborations, making the experience unattractive to end-users and discouraging progression. Whilst the learner might expect to control the collaborative experience, often it is the collaborative experience that controls and limits the learner. As a result, collaborative learning resources can lack authentic interactivity, user empowerment and balanced levels of challenge, thus having a negative effect in learner motivation and engagement. To overcome these deficiencies, we propose a new paradigm named Collaborative Complex Learning Objects (CC-LO): a special type of Learning Object which aims to leverage the knowledge elicited during live sessions of collaborative learning, augmented with authorgenerated information, to produce interactive and attractive resources to be experienced and played by learners. During CC-LO execution, learners can observe how avatars discuss and collaborate, how discussion threads grow, and how knowledge is constructed, refined and consolidated. Furthermore, learners can interact with the CC-LO in order to modify some parameters observing the consequences and assessing their understanding. The research reported in this paper was undertaken within the European Framework 7 project ALICE (Adaptive Learning via Intuitive/Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional Systems).

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Towards Collaborative Complex Learning Objects by the Virtualization of Collaborative Sessions

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Towards the Representation of Emotional Information from On-Line Collaborative Learning Sessions

Towards the Representation of Emotional Information from On-Line Collaborative Learning Sessions

CC-LO: A New Type of Learning Object for the Virtualization of Live Collaborative Sessions

CC-LO: Embedding Interactivity, Challenge and Empowerment into Collaborative Learning Sessions

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