CollabSS: a Tool to Help the Facilitator in Promoting Collaboration among Learners

Several types of learning environments have been classified under the umbrella term of CSCL (ComputerSupported Collaborative Learning). Literature has acknowledged the importance facilitators have in CSCL environments. Nevertheless these environments still lack support to the activities carried out by facilitators during learning activities. In this work we address the needs of supporting the facilitator in his/her tasks while mediating the learning activities. We present CollabSS, a system intended to inform the facilitator about interaction and collaboration taking place during the learning activity. The approach was motivated by the context of manufacturing workers in a learning situation.