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Facilitating knowledge convergence in videoconferencing environments: the role of external representation tools

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CSCL '02: Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community

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The study analyzed how two types of graphical representation tools influence the way in which dyads use shared and unshared knowledge resources in different collaboration scenarios, and how learners represent and transfer shared knowledge under these different conditions. We varied the type of graphical representation (content-specific vs. content-unspecific) and the collaboration scenario (videoconferencing vs. face-to-face). 64 university students participated. Results show that learning partners converged in their profiles of resource use. With the content-specific external representation, learners used more appropriate knowledge resources. However, learners in the videoconferencing scenarios differed from learners in direct collaboration in how they use the representation tools.

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Ertl BKopp BMandl HChan T(2005)Effects of an individual's prior knowledge on collaborative knowledge construction and individual learning outcomes in videoconferencingProceedings of th 2005 conference on Computer support for collaborative learning: learning 2005: the next 10 years!10.5555/1149293.1149312(145-154)Online publication date: 30-May-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/1149293.1149312

Facilitating knowledge convergence in videoconferencing environments: the role of external representation tools
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CSCL '02: Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning: Foundations for a CSCL Community

January 2002

757 pages

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Gerry Stahl
Fraunhofer - FIT, Germany

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International Society of the Learning Sciences

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Published: 07 January 2002

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Ertl BKopp BMandl HChan T(2005)Effects of an individual's prior knowledge on collaborative knowledge construction and individual learning outcomes in videoconferencingProceedings of th 2005 conference on Computer support for collaborative learning: learning 2005: the next 10 years!10.5555/1149293.1149312(145-154)Online publication date: 30-May-2005
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