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Representational guidance

Blog post

Citations

  • Suthers, 2008Suthers, D. D. (2008). Empirical studies of the value of conceptually explicit notations in collaborative learning. In A. Okada, S. Buckingham Shum & T. Sherborne (Eds.), Knowledge Cartography (1--23). Springer.
  • Suthers, 2001Suthers, D. D. (2001). {Towards a Systematic Study of Representational Guidance for Collaborative Learning Discourse}. Journal Of Universal Computer Science, 7(3), 1--24.
  • Scaife & Rogers, 1996Scaife, M., & Rogers, Y. (1996). External cognition: how do graphical representations work?. International journal of human-computer studies, 45(2), 185--213.

Levels

  • personal brainstorming / note taking
  • group collaboration online
  • group collaboration in real life
    • workshop methodology (Allen Gunn, unconferences, open space methodology)
  • large networks
    • aggregation, data mining, visualization, folksonomies, bubbling up

Power of externalization

  • get it out of working memory, can only keep 7 things in your mind at once
  • Getting Things Done
    • writing things down, so you don't have to worry about them, frees up your mind

Concept of artefacts

  • on an individual level
    • share with other linear you's, time-dimension, memory
  • shared between individuals
    • deixis
    • artefact vs discourse

Environments

People