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Four-activity framework of online collaboration

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The article proposes that online collaboration comprises four types of activities: task-related activities in the content space (exchanging information, asking questions), social activities in the relational space (greetings, social support, grounding via shared understanding), regulation of task-related activities (planning, monitoring, evaluating task progress), and regulation of social activities (planning, monitoring, evaluating the collaboration). The authors argue that "to gain a complete picture of the nature of online collaboration, attention should be paid to all four activities," noting researchers usually address only one or two. The framework was operationalized in a 19-category coding scheme and validated by factor analysis.

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  • Four-activity framework of online collaboration: task-related activities, social activities, regulation of task-related activities, and regulation of social activities: The article proposes that online collaboration comprises four types of activities: task-related activities in the content space (exchanging information, asking questions), social activities in the relational space (greetings, social support, grounding via shared understanding), regulation of task-related activities (planning, monitoring, evaluating task progress), and regulation of social activities (planning, monitoring, evaluating the collaboration). The authors argue that "to gain a complete picture of the nature of online collaboration, attention should be paid to all four activities," noting researchers usually address only one or two. The framework was operationalized in a 19-category coding scheme and validated by factor analysis. (Janssen et al. (2010))

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  • Janssen, J., Erkens, G., Kirschner, P. A., & Kanselaar, G. (2010). Task-related and social regulation during online collaborative learning. Metacognition and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-010-9061-5
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title Four-activity framework of online collaboration
description The article proposes that online collaboration comprises four types of activities: task-related activities in the content space (exchanging information, asking questions), social activities in the relational space (greetings, social support, grounding via shared understanding), regulation of task-re
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