Incorporating Different Modalities to Unpack the Role of Joint Attention in Immersive Collaborative Learning Environments (Poster 8)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Four
  In Poster Session: Digital Learning and Development

Abstract

Numerous computer-based collaborative learning environments have been developed to support collaborative problem-solving. However, it is challenging to understand the collaboration process due to its complex and dynamic nature. Accordingly, this study focuses on joint attention (JA) to unfold how students coordinate attention to build shared understanding. Our previous work proposed six JA states modeling collaboration in an immersive learning environment. This study further explores how JA interplays with other collaboration indicators and examines how JA contributes to knowledge co-construction through multimodal combination of turn-taking dynamics and gestures. Overall, our results suggest that multimodality improves explanatory power concerning how JA is associated with different facets of knowledge co-construction, and this relation is mediated by learning performance.

Authors

• Jina Kang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Presenting Author

• Yiqiu Zhou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Presenting Author