Abstract
The ability to successfully work in teams is a crucial part of an engineer's workplace success. Engineering education can be improved through a better understanding of how effective teamwork develops. A (patent pending) software tool that "listens" to team conversations and generates automatic interventions into team discourse can effectively mimic the actions of a skilled facilitator. Automated facilitation tools may help students improve their team skills by providing a simplified model for conversational interventions, which students can readily imitate. This paper describes this tool and presents preliminary findings from student reactions to the tool's use.
Recommended Citation
R. Luechtefeld et al., "Work in Progress - Automated Discourse Interventions and Student Teaming," Proceedings of the 35th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (2005, Indianapolis, IN), vol. 2005, pp. F3D-11 - F3D-12, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Feb 2005.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2005.1612085
Meeting Name
35th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference (2005: Oct. 19-22, Indianapolis, IN)
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Second Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Third Department
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Dialogue; Human-Computer Interface; Intelligent Systems; Teams
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-0780390775
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1539-4565
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2005 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Feb 2005
Included in
Electrical and Computer Engineering Commons, Engineering Education Commons, Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering Commons
