Computer-Supported Collaborative Concept Mapping: Study of Synchronous Peer Interaction

Authors:
Vassilis Komis;Nikolaos Avouris;Christos Fidas
Affiliations:
Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, 26500 Rio Patras, Greece E-mail: komis@upatras.gr;Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras, 26500 Rio Patras, Greece E-mail: N.Avouris@ee.upatras.gr;Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Patras, 26500 Rio Patras, Greece E-mail: fidas@ee.upatras.gr
Venue:
Education and Information Technologies
Year:
2002

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Abstract

The paper studies undergraduate students' synchronous peer interaction using a shared Activity Space and a text communication tool. Several groups of students collaborated in order to accomplish a data-modelling task in the context of a Databases University undergraduate course. The paper presents the collaboration support environment, i.e. a concept-mapping tool, used in this study. Subsequently, evaluation of the effectiveness of the environment in the educational process is discussed along various dimensions, like group synthesis, task control, content of communication, roles of the students and the effect of the tools used. Special emphasis is given in the ways the tools and the representations used complement each other and support the process. A discussion on the use of computer-supported collaborative problem solving environments is also included.