Chat Analysis in Virtual Math Teams Gerry Stahl & the VMT Team The Math Drexel The Drexel

Goals of VMT & Workshop How to understand knowledge building that takes place in the VMT environment How to support data analysis with technology How to move from data, to analysis, to broader claims How to design technology & pedagogy to support effective group cognition online

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background issues disembodied text separate diagrams 1. Avr (8:21:46 PM): Okay, I think we should start with the formula for the area of a triangle 2. Sup (8:22:17 PM): ok 3. Avr (8:22:28 PM): A = 1/2bh 4. Avr (8:22:31 PM): I believe 5. pin (8:22:35 PM): yes 6. pin (8:22:37 PM): i concue 7. pin (8:22:39 PM): concur* 8. Avr (8:22:42 PM): then find the area of each triangle 9. Avr (8:22:54 PM): oh, wait 10. Sup (8:23:03 PM): the base and heigth are 9 and 12 right? 11. Avr (8:23:11 PM): no 12. Sup (8:23:16 PM): o 13. Avr (8:23:16 PM): that's two separate triangles 14. Sup (8:23:19 PM): ooo 15. Sup (8:23:20 PM): ok 16. Avr (8:23:21 PM): right 17. Avr (8:23:27 PM): i think we have to figure out the height by ourselves 18. Avr (8:23:29 PM): if possible 19. pin (8:24:05 PM): i know how 20. pin (8:24:09 PM): draw the altitude' 21. Avr (8:24:09 PM): how? 22. Avr (8:24:15 PM): right 23. Sup (8:24:19 PM): proportions? 24. Avr (8:24:19 PM): this is frustrating 25. Avr (8:24:22 PM): I don't have enough paper 26. pin (8:24:43 PM): i think i got it 27. pin (8:24:54 PM): its a 30/60/90 triangle 28. Avr (8:25:06 PM): I see 29. pin (8:25:12 PM): so whats the formula

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Morning Workshop papers –Information as a social achievement: Collaborative information behavior in CSCL (Nan Zhou, Alan Zemel, Gerry Stahl) –Resolving differences: Twists and turns in a synchronous online collaborative mathematics problem-solving session (Ramon Prudencio S. Toledo, Alan R. Zemel, Gerry Stahl) –The organization of collaborative math problem-solving activities across dual interaction spaces (Murat Perit Cakir, Alan Zemel, Gerry Stahl) [download] [reviews] [ discussion ] [chat room] [wiki page] [[chat transcript (TeamC.jno)]downloadreviewsdiscussionchat roomwiki pagechat transcript (TeamC.jno) –Bridging: Interactional mechanisms used by online groups to sustain knowledge building over time(Johann W. Sarmiento) –The disembodied act: Copresence and indexical symmetry in computer-mediated communication (Alan Zemel, Wes Shumar, Murat Perit Cakir)

Afternoon Workshop papers Polyphonic Inter-Animation of Voices in Chats (Stefan Trausan-Matu) Model for Analysing Collaborative Knowledge Construction in a Quasi- Synchronous Chat Environment (Juan Dee Wee & Chee-Kit Looi) A Framework for Analyzing Interactional Processes in Online Learning (Daniel Suthers, Nathan Dwyer, Richard Medina, Ravi Vatrapu) Evaluating the Effect of Social Conversation on Learning, Interaction, and Perceived Interdependence in a Collaborative Math Problem Solving Environment (Rohit Kumar, Gahgene Gweon, Mahesh Joshi, Yue Cui, Adaeze Nwaigwe, Carolyn P. Rosé) Understanding Students’ Mathematical Ideas and Reasoning in the Online Environment of VMT-Chat (Arthur B. Powell & Frank Lai) Complicating Common Sense: The Theory, Practice and Politics of Critical Ethnography in CSCL (Terry Epperson)

Other Conference Presentations Mon 9:00 -- Chat analysis in VMT workshop [intro slides]intro slides Weds 3:30 -- Evaluating the Effect of Feedback from a CSCL Problem Solving Environment on Learning, Interaction, and Perceived Interdependence; Gahgene Gweon, Carolyn Rose, Emil Albright, Yue Cui (see above) Weds 6:00 -- The Organization of Collaborative Math Problem Solving Activities across Dual Interaction Spaces; Murat Cakir, Alan Zemel, Gerry Stahl (see above) Thurs 10:15 -- A Framework for Eclectic Analysis of Collaborative Interaction; Daniel Suthers, Nathan Dwyer, Ravi Vatrapu Thurs 11:45 -- Information as a Social Achievement: Collaborative Information Behavior in CSCL; Nan Zhou, Alan Zemel, Gerry Stahl (see above) Thurs 11:45 -- The Disembodied Act: Copresence and Indexical Symmentry in Computer-Mediated Communication; Alan Zemel, Wesley Shumar, Murat Cakir (see above) Thurs 3:30 -- Meaning Making in CSCL: Conditions and Preconditions for Cognitive Processes by Groups; Gerry Stahl [download] [handout] [slides] [TeamB JNO file] [replayer]downloadhandoutslidesTeamB JNO filereplayer Fri 10:15 -- The Integration of Synchronous Communication Across Dual Interaction Spaces; Martin Mühlpfordt, Gerry Stahl [download]download Fri 10:15 -- Creativity, Collaboration and Competence: Agency in Online Synchronous Chat Environment; Elizabeth Charles, Wesley Shumar [download]download Fri 7:30 -- International Wine Tasting with Live Music: Browers Commons Sat 11:00 -- ijCSCL Invited Symposium: Making Use of Productive Tensions in CSCL; Friedrich W. Hesse, Gerry Stahl, Tim Koschmann, Dan Suthers, Peter Reimann, Jürgen Buder, Ulrike Cress [intro slides]intro slides

Workshop (& VMT) Issues How to understand knowledge building that takes place in the VMT environment How to support data analysis with technology How to move from data to analysis to broader claims How to design technology & pedagogy to support effective group cognition online Internet Access During Workshop –The NETID is gerrystahl and the password is Summer2007

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