Models and Vocabulary to Represent Learner-to-Learner Interaction Process in Collaborative Learning An Ontological Approach to Interaction Analysis

In this paper, we introduce an example of interaction patterns which are models of desired interaction process inspired by learning theories and vocabulary to represent the models. To evaluate collaborative learning session itself and/or educational benefits for learners, we should analyze interaction process, and capture what actually happens in the session. However, the interaction process is too complex to analyze for novice teachers or system designers. One of major causes of the difficulty is the lack of models and vocabulary to represent the process. So, we propose the vocabulary and the models of the interaction process described by the vocabulary.