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Visualizing real-time language-based feedback on teamwork behavior in computer-mediated groups
- Proc. CHI ‘09
, 2009
"... While most collaboration technologies are concerned with supporting particular tasks such as workflows or meetings, many work groups do not have the teamwork skills essential to effective collaboration. One way to improve teamwork is to provide dynamic feedback generated by automated analyses of beh ..."
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While most collaboration technologies are concerned with supporting particular tasks such as workflows or meetings, many work groups do not have the teamwork skills essential to effective collaboration. One way to improve teamwork is to provide dynamic feedback generated by automated analyses of behavior, such as language use. Such feedback can lead members to reflect on and subsequently improve their collaborative behavior, but might also distract from the task at hand. We have experimented with GroupMeter – a chatbased system that presents visual feedback on team members’ language use. Feedback on proportion of agreement words and overall word count was presented using two different designs. When receiving feedback, teams in our study expressed more agreement in their conversations and reported greater focus on language use as compared to when not receiving feedback. This suggests that automated, realtime linguistic feedback can elicit behavioral changes, offering opportunities for future research.
A unified framework for multi-level analysis of distributed learning
- Learning Analytics Considered Harmful 100 Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Volume 16: Issue 3
, 2011
"... Abstract. Learning and knowledge creation is often distributed across multiple media and sites in networked environments. Traces of such activity may be fragmented across multiple logs and may not match analytic needs. As a result, the coherence of distributed interaction and emergent phenomena are ..."
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Abstract. Learning and knowledge creation is often distributed across multiple media and sites in networked environments. Traces of such activity may be fragmented across multiple logs and may not match analytic needs. As a result, the coherence of distributed interaction and emergent phenomena are analytically cloaked. Understanding distributed learning and knowledge creation requires multi-level analysis of the situated accomplishments of individuals and small groups and of how this local activity gives rise to larger phenomena in a network. We have developed an abstract transcript representation that provides a unified analytic artifact of distributed activity, and an analytic hierarchy that supports multiple levels of analysis. Log files are abstracted to directed graphs that record observed relationships (contingencies) between events, which may be interpreted as evidence of interaction and other influences between actors. Contingency graphs are further abstracted to twomode directed graphs that record how associations between actors are mediated by digital artifacts and summarize sequential patterns of interaction. Transitive closure of these associograms yields sociograms, to which existing network analytic techniques may be applied, yielding aggregate results that can then be interpreted by reference to the other levels of analysis. We discuss how the analytic hierarchy bridges between levels of analysis and theory.
Modelling virtual organisations: Structure and reconfigurations
- In PRO-VE
, 2011
"... Abstract. Organisations have to adapt rapidly to survive in today’s diverse and rapidly changing environments. The idea of virtual organisations emerged as an answer. There is a strong need to understand virtual organisations (VOs) in a formal way: changes can have side effects and hence one might w ..."
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Abstract. Organisations have to adapt rapidly to survive in today’s diverse and rapidly changing environments. The idea of virtual organisations emerged as an answer. There is a strong need to understand virtual organisations (VOs) in a formal way: changes can have side effects and hence one might wish to understand precisely what consequences a change might have. The Virtual Organisation Modelling Language (VOML) consists of sub-languages to model different aspects of VOs such as their structure or operational models: VO-S deals with structural aspects while VO-R addresses reconfigurations. The concepts are exemplified through a travel booking VO that needs to cope with extra demands imposed by a large event such as the Olympic games.
The organization and management of the Virtual Astronomical Observatory
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All in-text references underlined in blue are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately.
Fostering Cross- institutional Collaboration for Open Educational Resources Production 1
, 2010
"... 1 If you are interested in contributing to the further exploration of the social and technical issues in cross-institutional collaboration for OER production and distribution, please contact Airong Luo ..."
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1 If you are interested in contributing to the further exploration of the social and technical issues in cross-institutional collaboration for OER production and distribution, please contact Airong Luo
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"... While most collaboration technologies are concerned with supporting particular tasks such as workflows or meetings, many work groups do not have the teamwork skills essential to effective collaboration. One way to improve teamwork is to provide dynamic feedback generated by automated analyses of beh ..."
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While most collaboration technologies are concerned with supporting particular tasks such as workflows or meetings, many work groups do not have the teamwork skills essential to effective collaboration. One way to improve teamwork is to provide dynamic feedback generated by automated analyses of behavior, such as language use. Such feedback can lead members to reflect on and subsequently improve their collaborative behavior, but might also distract from the task at hand. We have experimented with GroupMeter – a chatbased system that presents visual feedback on team members’ language use. Feedback on proportion of agreement words and overall word count was presented using two different designs. When receiving feedback, teams in our study expressed more agreement in their conversations and reported greater focus on language use as compared to when not receiving feedback. This suggests that automated, realtime linguistic feedback can elicit behavioral changes, offering opportunities for future research.
Proceedings of the 2008 Workshop on Building Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Virtual Organizations Demonstration and Application of Rule Discovery Methods Using iAQ
"... Abstract—The paper presents iAQ, an interactive, multimediacapable system, that exhibits and allows the application of machine learning methods representing the Natural Induction (NI) paradigm. The system is presented in relation to the Virtual Organizations (VO) area. The program’s unique set of fe ..."
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Abstract—The paper presents iAQ, an interactive, multimediacapable system, that exhibits and allows the application of machine learning methods representing the Natural Induction (NI) paradigm. The system is presented in relation to the Virtual Organizations (VO) area. The program’s unique set of features is examined and demonstrated with selected examples. It can be downloaded from the Machine Learning and Inference (MLI)
VOML: VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION MODELLING LANGUAGE
"... Virtual organizations (VOs) and their breeding environments are an emerging approach for developing systems as a consortium of autonomous entities formed to share costs and resources, better respond to opportunities, achieve shorter time-to-market and exploit fast changing market opportunities. VOs ..."
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Virtual organizations (VOs) and their breeding environments are an emerging approach for developing systems as a consortium of autonomous entities formed to share costs and resources, better respond to opportunities, achieve shorter time-to-market and exploit fast changing market opportunities. VOs cater for those demands by incorporating reconfigurations making VOs highly resilient and agile by design. Reconfiguration of systems is an active research area. Many policy and specification languages have been dedicated for the purpose. However, all these approaches consider reconfiguration of a system as somewhat isolated from its business and operational model; it is usually assumed that the latter two remain unaffected through such reconfigurations and the reconfiguration is usually limited to dynamic binding of components the system consists of. However the demands of VO reconfiguration go beyond dynamic binding and reach the level where it becomes crucial to keep changing the organizational structure (process model) of the system as well, which leads to changes of the operational/functional model. This continuous reconfiguration of the operational model emphasizes
