Call for Workshop Contribution “Pinpointing pivotal moments in collaboration”
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STELLAR 2009 Alpine Rendez-Vous
November 30-December 1 2009, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany)
Organisers
Kristine Lund (CNRS, University of Lyon)
contact: Kristine.Lund@univ-lyon2.fr
Nancy Law (Hong Kong University)
Carolyn rose (Carnegie Mellon University)
Dan Suthers (University of Hawai’i)
Chris Teplovs (University of Toronto)
Abstract
In a previous workshop at the International Conference for the Learning Sciences
2008, entitled “A Common Framework for CSCL Interaction Analysis”, we
explored the diversity and commonality of the field on four dimensions: the purpose
of analysis, the units of interaction that are taken as basic in the
analysis, representations of data and analytic interpretations, and analytic
manipulations taken on those representations. We sought to establish requirements
for a common conceptual and representational framework to support collaborative
learning process analysis. To this end, our intention was to focus on three main
activities: namely, demonstrating our analytic tools to one another in the context of
analyses we conducted, identifying commonalities among these tools and analyses,
and generating requirements for a common conceptual model and abstract transcript.
This first workshop was followed by a second, called “Common Objects for
Productive Multivocality in Analysis” and held at the International Conference on
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2009. Our ongoing discussions
have trigged the addition of another dimension to our focus, that of theoretical
assumptions underlying the analysis. In addition to identifying potential common
objects for productive multivocality at these five levels (theoretical assumptions plus
the four levels from the first workshop), our goal was to identify differences or
divergences and whether these are complementary (potential sources of richer
understanding) or incompatible (potential barriers to a common discipline). The third
workshop in the series “Pinpointing pivotal moments in collaboration” will be held
at the Alpine Rendez-Vous 2009. New participants are welcome. The workshop will
serve to define what constitutes a pivotal moment during self- directed group
learning. In this way the workshop will address the first Grand Challenge in TEL
research, as shaped by STELLAR: “Connecting learners” – supporting self-
directed, self-managed and self-maintained communities and create successful new
forms of collaboration. The specific goals of the workshop are to use what we have
elaborated on interaction analysis in our two previous workshops in order to identify
these particular pivotal moments. Our long-term publication goal is to propose an
edited book in the CSCL book series on pivotal moments in collaboration to be
discussed during this workshop. In addition, the organizers will propose a journal
article for IJCSCL using the five previously mentioned dimensions to discuss
productive multivocality in generating insights for pivotal moments of collaboration.
Call for Participation
Interested researchers should submit at least a two-page abstract to
kristine.lund@univ-lyon2.fr by August 30th, 2009.
The abstract should indicate which type of participation is requested (see below -
basic participation, analyst/discussant, data presenter). Organizers will choose a
limited number of participants. Acceptance letters will be sent out on September
10th, 2009.
Basic Participation: Basic participants should submit at least two
pages summarizing their relevant prior experience, their objectives in participating in
this workshop, and a bibliography of relevant publications. We also request a pointer
to one (or exceptionally two) relevant publication(s) and any relevant URL
demonstrating the researcherʼs work (for example a website dedicated to a particular
interaction analysis tool).
Analyst/Discussant: Researchers who wish to be selected as analyst or discussant
should meet the requirements for Basic Participation (2-page abstract as explained
above) and also submit up to two pages summarizing the following characterizations
of the analytic work they typically undertake in relation to how they understand the
notion of pivotal moments in collaboration: (1) theoretical assumptions; (2) purpose of
analysis; (3) units of interaction (4) notations for data and interpretations; and (5)
analytic manipulations.
Data Presenter: Researchers who wish to offer a data corpus should meet the
requirements for Basic Participation (2-page abstract as explained above) and also
submit up to two pages summarizing the nature of the corpus and making the case
that this data will serve the objectives of the workshop. Data presenters may also
serve as analysts or discussants.
The Alpine Rendez-Vous
This 2009 Alpine Rendez-Vous is the second event of a series. It is organized and
funded by STELLAR, a new European network of excellence on learning
technologies (http://www.stellarnet.eu/). It is not a conference but a set of
independent workshops held in the same hotel during the same week. Four
workshops will be held on the Monday-Tuesday and four other workshops on the
Wednesday-Thursday. On the Tuesday afternoon, all workshop participants are
invited to join a common section, the Rendez-Vous, ending up with a social event.
Financial aspects
Participants will be selected based on their submissions. There are no registration
fees. Participants pay for their own travel and lodging. However, funding for hotel and
food will be available for a limited number of participants and this will be decided by
the organizers.
Location
The Alpine Rendez-Vous will be held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, a mountain village
in the South of Germany (http://www.garmisch-partenkirchen.de). Closest airports are
Munich and Innsbruck (in Austria).
Workshop Format and provisional schedule
The 2-day workshop will be interactive and based on sharing corpora and analyses
with the negotiation of different roles taken on by the selected participants.
Each participant will apply for one of three roles: 1) data presenter, 2) analysis
presenter and/or 3) discussant. Each of the two data presenters chosen will not only
present the nature of the data and how it was collected, but also the original research
problem that inspired the data collection, whether the problem was theoretical or
practice-oriented as well as the original pivotal moments of collaboration that were
discovered. Analysis presenters will have access to chosen data before the
workshop and will do their own analyses on them (chosen data sets must thus be
shareable). It may be possible for teams of people to propose to present two different
analyses done on the same data set and thus occupy data presenter/first analysis
presenter as well as second analysis presenter roles. Discussants will have access
as well to data sets and analyses before hand in order to prepare their comments.
There will be 2 data presenter roles, 2 analysis presenter roles and 4 discussant
roles (see schedule below). The remainder of the workshop participants will be
expected to participate in general discussion.
Monday, November 30th, 2009
8:30 am – 9:00 am: Short introduction to the objectives and structure of the
workshop
Kristine Lund
9:00 am – 10:30 am: Each participant or team will give a 5 min introduction to their
work, essentially highlighting what they have written in their proposal so that
participants are sensitized to the voices of each of the participants/ teams.
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00: Presentation of the first data set, its context and a first analysis
12:00 – 12:30: Discussant: What are the consequences of the described pivotal
moments?
12:30 – 13:30: Lunch
13:30 – 16:30 Free time
16:30 – 17:30: Presentation of a second analysis of first data set (different pivotal
moments of collaboration than first analysis)
17:30 – 18:30: Discussant: What are the consequences of the described pivotal
moments?
18:30 – 19:00: Coffee break
19:00 pm – 20:00 pm: Discussant: Synthesis of two different analyses of pivotal
moments of collaboration on first data set: Insights and challenges for productive
multivocality. What do each of the analytic perspectives expose about pivotal
moments? Can we productively use multiple analytic perspectives? How would one
use the results of such an analysis to inform collaborative learning?
Final discussions on what insights we have gained about common objects for
analysis and points of divergence; requirements for a common conceptual model and
abstract transcript
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
8:30 – 9:30: Presentation of the second data set, its context and a first analysis
9:30 – 10:30: Discussant: What are the consequences of the described pivotal
moments?
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee break
11:00 am – 12:30: Presentation of second analysis of second data set (different
pivotal moments of collaboration than first analysis)
12:30 – 13:30 : Lunch
13:30 – 14:30: Discussant: What are the consequences of the described pivotal
moments?
14:30 – 15:30: Discussant: Synthesis of two different analyses of pivotal moments
of collaboration on first data set: Insights and challenges for productive multivocality.
What do each of the analytic perspectives expose about pivotal moments? Can we
productively use multiple analytic perspectives? How would one use the results of
such an analysis to inform collaborative learning?
15:30 – 16:00: Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00: Workshop wrap-up + publication strategy discussion