#10416. Information Measures of Knowledge Contribution: A New Method to Measure Knowledge Contribution in Collaborative Knowledge Building: An Information Theory Perspective

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Abstract:
The measurement of knowledge contribution in collaborative knowledge building is an important research topic in computer-supported collaborative learning. The information measures of knowledge contribution based on information theory are proposed in this study, which includes two measures: amount of information and information gain. Discourse data collected from a collaborative knowledge building activity were analyzed to validate these measures.
Keywords:
amount of information; collaborative knowledge building; information gain; information theory; knowledge contribution

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