A foundation for the study of group decision support systems
Management Science
Intertwining perspectives and negotiation
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Collaborative information environments to support knowledge construction by communities
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KOLUMBUS: Context-Oriented Communication Support in a Collaborative Learning Environment
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Knowledge Negotiation in Asynchronous Learning Networks
HICSS '03 Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'03) - Track1 - Volume 1
Improving the coordination of collaborative learning with process models
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Collaboration support by co-ownership of documents
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Computer support for knowledge construction in collaborative learning environments
Computers in Human Behavior
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Within discursive knowledge construction, students are expected to negotiate within their collaboration as soon as they face opinions, concepts, or meanings differing from their own. Therefore, negotiation has become a central issue of CSCL research. In an experimental field study with 16 groups of 3 individuals each, we examined whether the demand to use technically supported communication (e-negotiation) within an asynchronous and spatially distributed setting has a positive influence on group discussions and knowledge integration. Our results indicate that the implementation of e-negotiation is in fact advantageous, but does not automatically lead to a successful result. Employed intensively, e-negotiation allows group members to emphasize incompatible ideas and therefore offers advantages especially in creative problem-solving processes.