@inproceedings{8ab8181e8e8f4ebfb20a5132598c964c,
title = "The Synthesis Lab: Empowering Collaborative Learning in Higher Education through Knowledge Synthesis",
abstract = "The ability to synthesize information has emerged as a critical skill for success across various fields. However, within the field of education, there is a lack of systematic understanding and well-defined design infrastructures that address the mechanisms and processes of knowledge synthesis in collaborative learning settings. In this poster, we introduce a design innovation - The Synthesis Lab, which aims to support students in synthesizing ideas from their online discussions in higher education classrooms. The tool offers structured work-spaces for students to decompose the synthesis process into intermediate synthesis products and features two key iterative processes of knowledge synthesis in collaborative settings: categorizing peers' ideas into conceptual building blocks and developing a synthesis of the discussions. Future implementation and evaluation of the design will make significant contributions to both research and practice.",
keywords = "CSCL, Knowledge Synthesis",
author = "Xinran Zhu and Hong Shui and Bodong Chen",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 ACM.; 26th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2023 ; Conference date: 14-10-2023 Through 18-10-2023",
year = "2023",
month = oct,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1145/3584931.3606996",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "245--248",
editor = "Morgan Ames and Susan Fussell and Eric Gilbert and Vera Liao and Xiaojuan Ma and Xinru Page and Mark Rouncefield and Vivek Singh and Pamela Wisniewski",
booktitle = "CSCW 2023 Companion - Conference Companion Publication of the 2023 Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing",
address = "United States",
}