Investigating the trend of non-task social interactions in online collaborative learning environments

Abedin, B

Investigating the trend of non-task social interactions in online collaborative learning environments

Abedin, B

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Citation:: Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2011
Issue Date:: 2011-03-28

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dc.contributor.author	Abedin, B https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3426-443X	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-03-28	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2011	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780769542829	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1530-1605	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30916
dc.description.abstract	While there have been many studies on instructional and on-task side of computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL), social and non-task side of the CSCL has received less attention. This paper observes and studies the pattern of non-task social messaging over a period of time in online Seminar rooms -designed for learning activities- as well as Coffee shops- designed for informal conversations. The objective is to firstly uncover the pattern of social interactions in the online collaborative learning environment and, secondly to understand how the level of social interactions changes over time and what factors facilitate and lead such changes. Transcript Analysis Tool (TAT) has been used to code discussions of three online classes during a 10-week postgraduate summer course in an Australian university. Findings have indicated existence of a substantial amount of non-task interactions among students. Furthermore, the results have shown a larger amount of non-task interactions occurred at the beginning and end of the semester as well as during some special occasions. Students' willingness to share personal and work-related experiences with other classmates is amongst top factors leading such trend in social interactions in the environment. © 2011 IEEE.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/HICSS.2011.256	en_US
dc.title	Investigating the trend of non-task social interactions in online collaborative learning environments	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	0806 Information Systems	en_US
dc.location.activity	Hawaii
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Information, Systems and Modelling
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - PERSWADE - Centre on Persuasive Systems for Wise Adaptive Living
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Abstract:

While there have been many studies on instructional and on-task side of computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL), social and non-task side of the CSCL has received less attention. This paper observes and studies the pattern of non-task social messaging over a period of time in online Seminar rooms -designed for learning activities- as well as Coffee shops- designed for informal conversations. The objective is to firstly uncover the pattern of social interactions in the online collaborative learning environment and, secondly to understand how the level of social interactions changes over time and what factors facilitate and lead such changes. Transcript Analysis Tool (TAT) has been used to code discussions of three online classes during a 10-week postgraduate summer course in an Australian university. Findings have indicated existence of a substantial amount of non-task interactions among students. Furthermore, the results have shown a larger amount of non-task interactions occurred at the beginning and end of the semester as well as during some special occasions. Students' willingness to share personal and work-related experiences with other classmates is amongst top factors leading such trend in social interactions in the environment. © 2011 IEEE.

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