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‘‘I’m keeping those there, are you?’’ The role of a new user
interface paradigm – Separate Control of Shared Space
(SCOSS) – in the collaborative decision-making process

Kerawalla, Lucinda; Pearce, Darren; Yuill, Nicola; Luckin, Rosemary and Harris, Amanda (2008). ‘‘I’m keeping those there, are you?’’ The role of a new user
interface paradigm – Separate Control of Shared Space
(SCOSS) – in the collaborative decision-making process.
Computers and Education, 50(1) pp. 193–206.

DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2006.04.007
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Abstract

We take a socio-cultural approach to comparing how dual control of a new user interface paradigm – Separate Control of Shared Space (SCOSS) – and dual control of a single user interface can work to mediate the collaborative decision-making process between pairs of children carrying out a multiple categorisation word task on a shared computer. Qualitative analysis focuses on how the interface properties of SCOSS can encourage each child to participate in the task and to represent their own opinions as part of the process of reaching final joint agreement. We conclude by suggesting additional features to improve the content of collaborative conversations and by proposing other contexts that may benefit from this interface.

Item Type: Journal Article
Copyright Holders: 2006 Elsevier
ISSN: 0360-1315
Funders: EPSRC/ESRC
Keywords: computer; mouse; share; collaboration; SCOSS
Academic Unit/Department: Education and Language Studies > Childhood, Development and Learning
Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Computing
Interdisciplinary Research Centre: Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET)
Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
Item ID: 31554
Depositing User: Lucinda Kerawalla
Date Deposited: 17 Jan 2012 08:51
Last Modified: 17 Jan 2012 08:51
URI: http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/31554

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