Critical thinking in collaboration: Talk less, perceive more

Na Sun; Chien Wen Yuan; Mary Beth Rosson; Wu Yu; John M. Carroll

doi:10.1145/3027063.3053250

Critical thinking in collaboration: Talk less, perceive more

Na Sun, Chien Wen Yuan, Mary Beth Rosson, Wu Yu, John M. Carroll

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Abstract

Collaborative learning technology has been used across disciplines in support of argument development. These technologies allow multiple users to concurrently analyze and edit documents in the same online virtual space, and can offer richer cues for collaboration awareness. However, little is known about how such synchronization mechanisms work together to support small group collaborative argumentation. This exploratory study reports the experiences and reactions of 14 dyads that worked together using Critical Thinker, a web application that allows learners to collaboratively develop structured arguments in a synchronous workspace with collaboration affordances. Our qualitative data shows how the structural juxtaposition provided by the tool can scaffold dialectical construction of arguments, while the synchronization mechanisms can facilitate collaborative learning tasks. We use these findings to inform ongoing design efforts to deploy Critical Thinker as classroom technology. This paper reports how synchronization mechanisms can work together in Critical Thinker, a web application that allows learners to develop structured arguments collaboratively in a synchronous workspace with awareness support.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Explore, Innovate, Inspire
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	2944-2950
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450346566
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053250
Publication status	Published - 2017 May 6
Externally published	Yes
Event	2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2017 - Denver, United States Duration: 2017 May 6 → 2017 May 11

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume	Part F127655

Conference

Conference	2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	2017/05/06 → 2017/05/11

Keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning
Critical thinking
Synchrnous collaborative argumentation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Sun, N., Yuan, C. W., Rosson, M. B., Yu, W., & Carroll, J. M. (2017). Critical thinking in collaboration: Talk less, perceive more. In CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire (pp. 2944-2950). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. Part F127655). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053250

Critical thinking in collaboration: Talk less, perceive more. / Sun, Na; Yuan, Chien Wen; Rosson, Mary Beth et al.
CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. p. 2944-2950 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings; Vol. Part F127655).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Sun, N, Yuan, CW, Rosson, MB, Yu, W & Carroll, JM 2017, Critical thinking in collaboration: Talk less, perceive more. in CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, vol. Part F127655, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 2944-2950, 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2017, Denver, United States, 2017/05/06. https://doi.org/10.1145/3027063.3053250

Sun N, Yuan CW, Rosson MB, Yu W, Carroll JM. Critical thinking in collaboration: Talk less, perceive more. In CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Association for Computing Machinery. 2017. p. 2944-2950. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3027063.3053250

Sun, Na ; Yuan, Chien Wen ; Rosson, Mary Beth et al. / Critical thinking in collaboration : Talk less, perceive more. CHI 2017 Extended Abstracts - Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Explore, Innovate, Inspire. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. pp. 2944-2950 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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