Three levels of interpretational aid in CSCL teacher dashboards: mirroring, alerting, and advising¶
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Evidence · 7 claims (7 for) · 4 studies (3 causal, 1 theoretical),q2–q3· 1 of 4 report an effect size · 7 claims rest on one study
Description¶
Building on Soller et al.'s algorithm for collaboration support tools, the article distinguishes dashboards by which agent - tool or teacher - performs detection and interpretation. "Mirroring dashboards" display analyzed data for the teacher to peruse at will; "alerting" dashboards additionally flag groups deviating from a standard; "advising" dashboards "not only display information and alert to certain events, but also assist in the interpretation" by providing advice about what is happening or what action to take. This typology structures the three experimental conditions.
Accounts¶
- Three levels of interpretational aid in CSCL teacher dashboards: mirroring, alerting, and advising: Building on Soller et al.'s algorithm for collaboration support tools, the article distinguishes dashboards by which agent - tool or teacher - performs detection and interpretation. "Mirroring dashboards" display analyzed data for the teacher to peruse at will; "alerting" dashboards additionally flag groups deviating from a standard; "advising" dashboards "not only display information and alert to certain events, but also assist in the interpretation" by providing advice about what is happening or what action to take. This typology structures the three experimental conditions. (van Leeuwen et al. (2019))
Claims¶
- Response time declined across dashboard trials in all conditions, with no statistically significant difference between mirroring, alerting, and advising conditions [+W]
- Dashboard support type did not influence detection of CSCL events but did influence teachers' interpretation of the situation [+W]
- Mirroring-condition teachers relied more on indicator views while alerting and advising teachers opened more group overviews [+W]
- Mirroring dashboards improved teacher situational awareness while alerting-and-guiding dashboards reduced teacher workload and frustration [+W]
- Teachers reported the highest confidence in their situational awareness in the alerting & guiding dashboard condition [+W]
- The alerting & guiding dashboard did not increase teacher coregulation more than the mirroring dashboard (H3 not supported); mirroring increased intervention rates (non-significant) while guiding-condition interventions were rare and mostly coregulation strategies [+W]
- Guiding dashboard support enabled teachers to perform more orchestration actions, more targeted interactions, and more class announcements than mirroring support [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- van Leeuwen, A., Rummel, N., & van Gog, T. (2019). What information should CSCL teacher dashboards provide to help teachers interpret CSCL situations? International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 14, 261–289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-019-09299-x
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Three levels of interpretational aid in CSCL teacher dashboards: mirroring, alerting, and advising |
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Building on Soller et al.'s algorithm for collaboration support tools, the article distinguishes dashboards by which agent - tool or teacher - performs detection and interpretation. |
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