Supporting Collaborative Learning and E-Discussions Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques

Bruce M. McLaren; Oliver Scheuer; Jan Miksatko

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education Vol. 20, No. 1 (2010) pp. 1–46

An emerging trend in classrooms is the use of networked visual argumentation tools that allow students to discuss, debate, and argue with one another in a synchronous fashion about topics presented by a teacher. These tools are aimed at teaching...

Computer-Supported Argumentation: A Review of the State of the Art

Oliver Scheuer; Frank Loll; Niels Pinkwart; Bruce M. McLaren

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Vol. 5, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 43–102

Argumentation is an important skill to learn. It is valuable not only in many professional contexts, such as the law, science, politics, and business, but also in everyday life. However, not many people are good arguers. In response to this,...

Promoting Critical, Elaborative Discussions through a Collaboration Script and Argument Diagrams

Oliver Scheuer; Bruce M. McLaren; Armin Weinberger; Sabine Niebuhr

Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 42, No. 2 (March 2014) pp. 127–157

During the past two decades a variety of approaches to support argumentation learning in computer-based learning environments have been investigated. We present an approach that combines argumentation diagramming and collaboration scripts, two...

Exploring creative thinking in graphically mediated synchronous dialogues

Rupert Wegerif; Bruce M. McLaren; Marian Chamrada; Oliver Scheuer; Nasser Mansour; Jan Mikšátko; Mriga Williams

Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 3 (April 2010) pp. 613–621

This paper reports on an aspect of the EC funded Argunaut project which researched and developed awareness tools for moderators of online dialogues. In this study we report on an investigation into the nature of creative thinking in online dialogues ...

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