Collaborative Discourse Structures in Computer Mediated Group Communications
Murray Turoff, Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Michael Bieber, Jerry L. Fjermestad, Ajaz R. Rana · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication · 2006
Using application oriented conceptual maps to categorize the group discussion would be an advancement in the design of CMC systems to allow much larger groups to collaborate productively. The group meta communication process should allow the group to modify and evolve these conceptual discourse templates.