@inproceedings{847ca5257590409aa067f23e3bb02453,
title = "Critical Thinker: Supporting Collaborative Argumentation with Structure and Awareness",
abstract = "Collaborative learning technology has been widely applied in various disciplines in support of dialectical discourse and argumentation. Technologies not only allow multiple users to concurrently analyze and edit documents in the same virtual space but also present richer cues for collaboration awareness. However, researchers still know very little about how the synching mechanisms work together to support small group collaborative argument creation. This study investigates the experiences of 14 dyads that worked together in Critical Thinker, a web application that enables learners to collaborate on an argumentative task with a juxtaposed argumentation structure and multiple synchronous collaboration affordances. Our qualitative data showed that the learners are able to leverage different synching mechanisms in a complementary manner and appropriate the dialectic structure for collaborative argumentation.",
author = "Na Sun and Yuan, {Chien Wen} and Rosson, {Mary Beth} and Yu Wu and Carroll, {John M.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 17th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2017 ; Conference date: 03-07-2017 Through 07-07-2017",
year = "2017",
month = aug,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1109/ICALT.2017.61",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings - IEEE 17th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "406--410",
editor = "Ronghuai Huang and Radu Vasiu and Kinshuk and Sampson, {Demetrios G} and Nian-Shing Chen and Maiga Chang",
booktitle = "Proceedings - IEEE 17th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2017",
address = "United States",
}