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2016 » Papers » Volume 1 » Analysis of the Altruistic Dimension of CSCL Chat 1. ANALYSIS OF THE ALTRUISTIC DIMENSION OF CSCL CHAT Authors: Allaymoun Mohammad, Trausan-Matu Stefan Volume 1 | DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-16-025 | Pages: 166-173 | Download PDF | Abstract
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) provides the possibility of education through interaction and social construction of knowledge using information technology, and takes advantage of these tools to allow learners to participate and have an educational interaction within a virtual environment. Chat is one of the most effective tools in CSCL due to its availability and ease of use by learners. It is also one of the most important ways to help in the educational debates, as well as the possibility to exchange and share ideas at any time and at any place. This paper presents a model that is able to semi-automatically analyze the content of the chat considering the altruistic dimension and, its reverse, selfishness. The approach is building on Mikhail Bakhtin's dialogism theory and Stefan Trausan-Matu's polyphonic model in order to measure collaboration starting from the altruistic or selfish interactions among the important threads discussed in the chat. Therefore, the model provides analytical results and numerical indicators of the degree of altruism for each student's utterances, which measures individual participations and the extent of his/her contribution in the discussion of educational topics that were raised. Accordingly, the inferred altruistic dimension of the conversation is computed by the ratio of the number of utterances referring to the threads of the other students and the number of utterances a student is referring to its own thread. The altruistic dimension helps teachers and students assess the success of the achievement of the dialogue of the educational group. This would be reflected on how students manage their discussions away from hooking to their own ideas and knowing the extent to which students accept the ideas and opinions of others, in addition to achieving the main goal of collaborative learning and in unifying ideas to reach valuable information that helps in raising the level of teamwork. On the other hand, by knowing the results of altruistic dimension, it may help teachers to develop plans and strategies capable of integrating the students in an interactive learning environment. Moreover, it may allow students to reach a more positive and altruistic behaviour by accepting the views of others and helping them. | Keywords
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning; Chat Conversations; Altruistic; Individual participation |
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