Analysing Face to Face Computer-mediated Interactions
Grégory Dyke, Jean-Jacques Girardot, Kristine Lund, Annie Corbel · 2007
Abstract. Detailed analysis of face to face computer mediated interactions implies a study of a corpus composed of the interaction traces produced by the collaborative tool and video and audio recordings. Because of their separate nature, it is frequently difficult to perform this joint analysis. We examine the needs of researchers, the particular difficulties they face and the state of the art in tools assisting analysis. We describe how to facilitate a number of analysis methodologies by simplifying situations where entities are multiple: several researchers (inter-coder reliability), several sources for the corpus (multi-modal interactions) or several analyses (for re-use of prior analyses or for the confrontation and comparison of two different analyses. We believe that capitalizing on previous analyses and affording parallel analysis of video and computer-mediated traces will open new avenues for researchers and teachers.