Activity patterns of collaborative sensemaking in small discussion groups

Zhe, Wang; An, Jiaxin; Zhang, Pengyi

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Title

Activity patterns of collaborative sensemaking in small discussion groups

Author(s)

• Zhe, Wang
• An, Jiaxin
• Zhang, Pengyi

Issue Date

2017

Keyword(s)

• Collaborative sensemaking
• User study
• Information behavior
• Discussion groups

Abstract

Sensemaking could be carried out individually or collaboratively. Collaborative sensemaking is a process where a group of people seek or create a shared representation collaboratively to accomplish a shared task. We conduct content analysis on 12 sections (611 minutes of audio recordings) from 6 small discussion groups relating to 2 topics in information organization. We identified 13 types of collaborative sensemaking activities and categorized them into content-related and process-related activities. We also describe 2 typical sensemaking sequences in these discussion groups. The results may advance our understanding about the activities involved in small group sensemaking. The results may also benefit the development of systems and tools to facilitate collaborative sensemaking process.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2017 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright 2017 Wang Zhe, Jiaxin An, and Pengyi Zhang

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