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6549 Creator ext-a9c6cbd4b1d126dac34cc1ca88c0689b
6549 Date 2004-06
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6549 abstract Empirical studies and theory suggest that educational dialogue can be used to support learners in the development of reasoning, critical thinking and argumentation. This paper presents an educational design for synchronous online peer discussion that guides student dialogue in ways that lead to improved argumentation and collaborative knowledge development. This design includes a mediating interface — or tool, linked to a broader set of online educational activities — a designed local context, where the latter aims to provide conditions that support argumentation. The approach is based on collaborative working and dialogue game approaches to discussion. Preliminary findings with UK Open University students showed the argumentation process was more coherent, varied, deeper and extended when using our interaction design compared with the use of a simple unstructured interface.
6549 authorList authors
6549 issue 3
6549 status peerReviewed
6549 volume 20
6549 type AcademicArticle
6549 type Article
6549 label McAlister, S.; Ravenscroft, A. and Scanlon, E. (2004). Combining interaction and context design to support collaborative argumentation using a tool for synchronous CMC. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 20(3) pp. 194–204.
6549 label McAlister, S.; Ravenscroft, A. and Scanlon, E. (2004). Combining interaction and context design to support collaborative argumentation using a tool for synchronous CMC. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 20(3) pp. 194–204.
6549 Title Combining interaction and context design to support collaborative argumentation using a tool for synchronous CMC
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