"INTERACTION ANALYSIS SUPPORTING PARTICIPANTS DURING TECHNOLOGY-BASED COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES

It is started to be acknowledged that the design of technology based learning environments must not be limited to the initial means of action and communication, but needs to be extended by the means of analysing the very complex interactions that occur, thereby supporting collaborative activities participants (students & teachers). The research and development related research field of collaborative interaction analysis support focuses on some central dimensions: (a) Interaction analysis methods, (b) Design of systems, (c) Evaluation approaches of the provided support. The field has already progresses on the first and second dimension, while has not yet explored sufficiently the impact of the provided support to participants themselves. Similarly, most of the actual works concerns, mostly students than teachers. The participants of the present workshop, have therefore focused on 'how tailoring collaboration analysis indicators for different types of users '. They reached to contribute with some more refined concepts and approaches related to (a) interaction analysis tools users profiles and needs and (b) approaches to take them into account in a flexible and powerful way.