A new direction for log file analysis in CSCL: experiences with a spatio-temporal metric

  • Authors:
  • Till Schümmer;Jan-Willem Strijbos;Thomas Berkel

  • Affiliations:
  • FernUniversität Hagen, Germany;Leiden University, The Netherlands;FernUniversität Hagen, Germany

  • Venue:
  • CSCL '05 Proceedings of th 2005 conference on Computer support for collaborative learning: learning 2005: the next 10 years!
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This paper discusses the importance and difficulties of assessing interaction between students. To ease the detection of interaction in student groups, a metric is developed that can measure the level of interaction based on log file data. The metric is based on a spatial model and detects actions that take place in close spatial or temporal proximity. After providing a formal definition of the metric, an exploratory analysis of interaction in two different settings is reported to determine the feasibility of the measure: synchronous interaction in a collaborative puzzle game and asynchronous interaction in student groups that use the BSCW shared workspace system.