Collaborative Dialogue Technologies in Distance Learning

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • M. Felisa Verdejo, Stefano A. Cerri

      Pages 1-7

3. Pedagogy and Learning Experiences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. A Pedagogical Framework for CMC Programmes

      • Morten Flate Paulsen, Beatriz Barros, Peter Busch, Benita Compostela, Mirabelle Quesnel

      Pages 11-20

   3. Computer Support for Collaboration

      • Thore Danielsen

      Pages 21-32

   4. Some Pedagogical Techniques for Computer-Mediated Communication

      • Morten Flate Paulsen

      Pages 33-45

   5. Learning in Groups: Some Experiences of Online Work

      • David McConnell

      Pages 46-59

   6. Learning Experiences with Collaborative Working Technologies: Some Critical Factors

      • Cristina Simón

      Pages 60-64

   7. Towards Collaborative Learning at a Distance

      • Gary Alexander, Paul Lefrere, Steve Matheson

      Pages 65-77

   8. An Experimental Network-Mediated Study Support System

      • Henk Ellerman, Ad Schellekens, Willibrord Huisman

      Pages 78-96

   9. Innovative Support Technologies for Tele- and Team-Work at Universities

      • Ralph Seitz, Freimut Bodendorf

      Pages 97-108

   10. Remote Collaboration in Medicine: Some Tools and Experiences in Portugal

       • A. Sousa Pereira, J. Arnaldo Martins, J. A. Veiga Pires

       Pages 109-116

4. Models and Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. Models and Systems for Collaborative Dialogues in Distance Learning

      • Stefano A. Cerri

      Pages 119-125

   3. Cooperative Open Systems Architecture

      • Christian Lemaître, Victor Germán Sánchez, Cristina Loyo

      Pages 126-141

   4. The Role of Knowledge Based Systems for Automatic Coordination in Distance Learning

      • José Cuena, Ana García-Serrano, M. Felisa Verdejo

      Pages 142-155

   5. Supporting Collaborative Dialogues in Distance Learning

      • Carla Simone

      Pages 156-169

   6. Towards Models of Interaction Between an Artificial Agent and a Human One

      • Dominique Guin

      Pages 170-180

   7. The “Natural Laboratory” Methodology Supporting Computer Mediated Generic Dialogues

      • Stefano A. Cerri

      Pages 181-201

   8. Building an Evolving Knowledge-Base from Computer Teleconferencing

      • André Boder, Christine Gardiol

      Pages 202-209

In April 1993, an interdisciplinary NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Collaborative dialogue technologies in distance learning" was held in Segovia, Spain. The workshop brought together researchers in fields related to distance learning using computer-mediated communication. The statement of justification of the NATO ARW follows hereafter. Justification of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Collaborative Dialogue Technologies in Distance Learning Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) systems have features that reduce some temporal, physical and social constraints on communication. Theories of communication have shifted from viewing communication as a linear transmission of messages by a sender to a receiver, to viewing it as a social paradigm, where individuals are actors in a network of interdependent relationships embedded in organizational and social structures. Recent research focuses on models of information-sharing to support not only the activities of individuals but also the problem-solving activities of groups, such as decision-making, planning or co­ writing. This area of research is called Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). The Artificial Intelligence (AI) approach uses knowledge-based systems to enhance and facilitate all these processes, including the possibility of using natural language. The traditional model of distance education places a strong emphasis on indepen­ dent study, supported by well developed learning materials. This model can be characterized as one-way media. However, the potential of CMC to provide better guidance to the student in Higher Distance Education has been quickly recognized for at least two kind of activities: information sharing and interaction.

• Collaborative Learning
• Computer
• Computer Conferencing
• Computerkonferenz
• Dialogmodellierung
• Dialogue Modelling
• Distance Education
• Distance Learning
• Gruppenarbeit
• Gruppenlernen
• Multimedia
• architecture
• communication
• istance education
• learning

• Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Control Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Madrid, Spain

  M. Felisa Verdejo

• Dipartimento di Scienze dell’ Informazione, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy

  Stefano A. Cerri

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