@inproceedings{9550a5da513e41faaa3588f85bf699f7,
title = "Making a difference: analytics for quality knowledge-building conversations",
abstract = "The symposium focuses on the analysis of the knowledge building process e.g. idea improvement conversations by which students get to a high quality of knowledge and understanding. Learning Analytics (LA) focuses on the collection, measure and analysis of data about learners and their contexts (Long & Siemens, 2011). LA tools are normally rooted in probabilistic/frequency-based approaches. These are themselves incapable of capturing the meaning of texts at any level, because probabilities do not constitute natural language semantics. Therefore, semantic related analytics seems to be a promising approach. Not only to get insight in the process of knowledge building as a support for students and teachers in this collective process but also as a possibility for assessment. Not to control but to mirror and feed forward the semiotic collaborative process of building an understanding that makes a difference for how students look at and act in our world.",
author = "{de Jong}, Frank and {van den Ende}, Joan and {van Heijst}, Hennie and Yoshiaki Matsuzawa and Paul Kirschner and Jianwei Zhang and Chen, {Mei Hwa} and Feng Chen and Carolyn Ros{\'e} and Godinez, {Erick Velazquez} and Sylvie Ratt{\'e} and Bodong Chen and Carol Chan and {van Aalst}, Jan and Christine Yang and Jun Oshima and Cindy Hmelo-Silver and Alyssa Wise",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} ISLS.; 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - Making a Difference: Prioritizing Equity and Access in CSCL, CSCL 2017 ; Conference date: 18-06-2017 Through 22-06-2017",
year = "2017",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL",
publisher = "International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)",
pages = "711--718",
editor = "Smith, {Brian K.} and Marcela Borge and Emma Mercier and Lim, {Kyu Yon}",
booktitle = "Making a Difference",
}