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The Contribution Tool
  • The contribution tool provides information of students’ KF contributions and participation patterns (e.g. number of notes created, number of notes read, number of referenced notes)
The Contribution Tool
 
The Word Cloud Tool
  • The word cloud tool provides information of the most frequently used terms by students in KF discussion.
The Word Cloud Tool
 
The Scaffold Tracker Tool
  • The scaffold tracker tool provides information of students’ KF scaffolds using to assess their discussion engagement patterns (“My theory”, “Putting our knowledge together”, “Our improved theory”)
The Scaffold Tracker Tool
 
The Author Network Tool
  • The author network tool provides information of density based on students’ KF notes contribution and build-on.
The Author Network Tool
 
The Lexical Analysis Tool
  • The lexical analysis tool provides information of key disciplinary concepts using by students in KF discussion.
The Lexical Analysis Tool
 
Idea Thread Mapper (ITM)
  • A research-based collaboration platform that supports student-driven knowledge building and creative inquiry across classroom communities.
  • https://idea-thread.net/
Idea Thread Mapper (ITM)
Zhang, J., Tao, D., Chen, M.-H., Sun, Y., Judson, D., & Naqvi, S. (2018). Co-organizing the collective journey of inquiry with Idea Thread Mapper. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 27(3), 390-430.
 
Knowledge Building Discourse Explorer (KBDeX)
  • A social network analysis platform for exploring discourse in collaborative learning environments
  • http://www.kbdex.net/
Knowledge Building Discourse Explorer (KBDeX)
Oshima, J., Oshima, R., & Matsuzawa, Y. (2012). Knowledge Building Discourse Explorer: A social network analysis application for knowledge building discourse. Educational Technology Research and Development, 60(5), 903-921.
 
Promising Ideas Tool
Promising Ideas Tool
Chen, B., Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (2015). Advancing knowledge-building discourse through judgments of promising ideas. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 10(4), 345-366.
 
Knowledge Connections Analyzer (KCA)
  • A web-based assessment tool designed for students to reflect on KF work with reflective discussion on the visualized data.
  • Knowledge Connections Analyzer (KCA)
    van Aalst, J., Chan, C. K. K., … & Wan, W. S. (2012). The knowledge connections analyzer. In J. van Aalst et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of 10th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 361-365). Sydney, Australia: ISLS.
    Yang, Y., van Aalst, J., Chan, C. K. K., & Tian, W. (2016). Reflective assessment in knowledge building by students with low academic achievement. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 11(3), 281-311.