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I See What You Know

Pierre Dillenbourg; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Click name for speaker's biography)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
11 AM – 12 PM; 1076 BSB

Pierre Dillenbourg
School of Computer and Communication Sciences
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

During collaborative learning, student A has to maintain some representation of what B knows, beliefs, intends to do, etc. This model may be neither detailed nor correct but some representation has to be elaborated and maintained. Do accurate mutual models lead to higher team performance or higher learning gains? Does mutual modeling trigger richer verbal interactions? If A builds an accurate model of B, does B tend to also be more accurate? Is modeling an individual skill or does it simply reflect the quality of dialogues? If a CSCL system informs A about B's knowledge, how does it affect learning? Five experiments will be reported that address these questions, including fresh results on the use of two synchronized eye tracking machines to look at new forms of collaboration patterns.

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Powerpoint Presentation (pdf format): dillenbourg.pdf

Audio File:
dillenbourg_022509.mp3 44 MB

Quicktime Movie
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