Specifying computer-supported collaboration scripts

Lars Kobbe (1) , Armin Weinberger (1) , Pierre Dillenbourg (2) , Andreas Harrer (3) , Raija Hämäläinen (4) , Frank Fischer (1)

1 KRMC - Knowledge Media Research Center
2 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
3 Institut für Informatik und interaktive Systeme
4 Institute for Educational Research

Collaboration scripts are activity programs which aim to foster collaborative learning by structuring interaction between learners. Computer-supported collaboration scripts generally suffer from the problem of being restrained to a specific learning platform and learning context. A standardization of collaboration scripts first requires a specification of collaboration scripts that integrates multiple perspectives from computer science, education and psychology. So far, only few and limited attempts at such specifications have been made. This paper aims to consolidate and expand these approaches in light of recent findings and to propose a generic framework for the specification of collaboration scripts. The framework enables a description of collaboration scripts using a small number of components (participants, activities, roles, resources and groups) and mechanisms (task distribution, group formation and sequencing). (http://www.springerlink.com/content/6286w8235q818664/)

Mots clés: collaboration scripts; roles; Sequencing; Group Formation; activities; CSCL scripts; task distribution

Domaines: Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain; Education

Lars Kobbe, Armin Weinberger, Pierre Dillenbourg, Andreas Harrer, Raija Hämäläinen, et al.. Specifying computer-supported collaboration scripts. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning., 2007, 2(2-3), pp.211-224. ⟨hal-00703944⟩