A platform for collaboration analysis in CSCL. An ontological approach

Barros 1 , B. Mizoguchi 2 ,R.& Verdejo 1 , M.F.

 

(1) Departamento deLenguajes ySistemas Informaticos

Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales (U.N.E.D) Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain

{bbarros,felisa}@lsi.uned.es; http://sensei.ieec.uned.es

Telephone 34-91-398 6484

(2) I.S.I.R., Osaka University 8-1 Mihogaoka, Ibaraki. Osaka, 567-0047 Japan

miz@ei.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp; http://www.ai.sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp/index-e.html

Telephone Tel.: +81-6-6879-8416

 

Abstract

Our goal is to build a platform for collaboration analysis in CSCL. We propose an integrated ontology for defining collaborative learning experiences and for analysing their processes and results. The identification of the main elements and the relationships amongst them based on the Activity Theory with some extensions for providing functionality for real computational applications. We detail the knowledge about analysis, the way of representing new methods in our ontology and also explain a new analysis method with the ontological approach, applied to the DEGREE system.

 

Keywords

Topic Collaboration and collaborative tools

Subtopic Analysis of Collaboration; Technologies for building CSCL environments (ontologies)