A HUMAN FACTORS APPROACH TO ENHANCE MOTIVATION TO COLLABORATE IN AN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Kasi, Ganga.
2016
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Abstract: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) tools, designed to support collaboration among students are sometimes found to be under-utilized due to their lack in engaging learner motivation. This thesis describes research on student motivation for working collaboratively while using InterLACE, a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment developed at Tufts Universi... read morety. Prior explorations of InterLACE had shown positive results regarding the usability and effective use by students, but classroom-wide use continued to show limited amounts of collaboration among students. In this study, individual students were provided different types of immediate feedback while engaged in learning topics from a high school physics curriculum. The three different types of feedback included individualized score, comparison score, and social engagement, and were designed to promote inter-student collaboration in the form of sharing information and building off of one-another's answers. The results showed increases in student output across several metrics including the number of points earned on each answer and the amount of information written. Inter-participant collaboration also was higher, indicated by higher amounts of shared vocabulary and higher amounts of "uptake" of ideas from other students. The results are discussed with respect to the role of user motivation in the design of CSCL systems.
Thesis (M.S.)--Tufts University, 2016.
Submitted to the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
Advisor: Daniel Hannon.
Committee: Ethan Danahy, and Kristen Wendell.
Keywords: Educational technology, and Instructional design.read less - ID:
- x346dg54n
- Component ID:
- tufts:21236
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