TrAVis to Enhance Students' Self-Monitoring in Online Learning Supported by Computer-Mediated Communication Tools
Résumé
This paper presents TrAVis (Tracking Data
Analysis and Visualization Tools), a Web-based system that
assists the students in visualizing their communication activities
in distance learning situations. While most of the existing
systems in the same genre are exclusively dedicated to the
teachers, TrAVis is objectively designed and implemented for
both teachers and students. In particular, TrAVis is considered a
“reflective tool” that helps students analyze and evaluate their
own activities in relation to those of others. This paper focuses
on how TrAVis provides the students with new ways to monitor
in real-time their individual and group activities. It also
discusses the experiment in an authentic learning situation along
with students’ feedback on the usability and utility of TrAVis.