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 Word Cloud Tool
- The word cloud tool provides information of the most frequently used terms by students in KF discussion.
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 Author Network Tool
- The author network tool provides information of density based on students’ KF notes contribution and build-on.
The Lexical Analysis Tool
- The lexical analysis tool provides information of key disciplinary concepts using by students in KF discussion.
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/
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/
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
- A tool scaffolds students select promising ideas from online discourse for supporting collective knowledge creation
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nPe6zvXCik
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.
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.
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.