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European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning

EC-TEL 2011: Towards Ubiquitous Learning pp 210–219Cite as

Adaptive Domain-Specific Support to Enhance Collaborative Learning: Results from Two Studies

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Abstract

Although “adaptivity” and “intelligence” have built a long tradition in technology systems for individual learning, it is only relatively recently that these ideas have entered the domain of computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). In order to investigate how and when adaptive interventions in CSCL settings are effective, we implemented two experimental research studies, using a freely available open source tool (LAMS), trying to identify the effectiveness of a particular adaptive domain-specific support strategy. In both studies, treatment student groups were supported by a domain-specific adaptive intervention, where control groups were supported by “fixed” support methods. The results from both studies revealed that treatment students outperformed those in the control group in domain knowledge acquisition. Overall, this paper presents the positive results of these two studies providing evidence that by implementing techniques of adaptive domain-specific support during a collaborative activity, instructors can substantially improve learning outcomes.

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  1. Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, POBOX 114, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Anastasios Karakostas & Stavros Demetriadis

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  1. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida Universidad 30, 28911, Leganés (Madrid), Spain

    Carlos Delgado Kloos  & Raquel M. Crespo García  & 

  2. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Denis Gillet

  3. The Open University, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, UK

    Fridolin Wild

  4. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT), Schloss Birlinghoven, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Martin Wolpers

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Karakostas, A., Demetriadis, S. (2011). Adaptive Domain-Specific Support to Enhance Collaborative Learning: Results from Two Studies. In: Kloos, C.D., Gillet, D., Crespo García, R.M., Wild, F., Wolpers, M. (eds) Towards Ubiquitous Learning. EC-TEL 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6964. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23985-4_17

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