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Ispy seminar
Freydis Vogel, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Education

Argumentative discourse is attributed various benefits in learning and problem solving. From the perspective of developing social competencies, argumentation skills are relevant to many domains and situations, particularly in collaborative problem solving. Beyond that, engagement in argumentative discourse is related to cognitive elaboration which leads to improved learning outcomes. Thus, both learning to argue and arguing to learn are important facets of education and learning. For the evaluation and assessment of argumentative discourse a diverse array of methods are applied, based on various approaches to argumentation (e.g. Toulmin`s argument model or Walton’s types of argumentation dialogue) and trying to overcome different complications (e.g. the dependency of individual contributions in one group). In the announced seminar, you will be introduced to different approaches related to argumentation in learning. We will discuss benefits and drawbacks of different methods for assessment of argumentation and we will apply mixed methods approaches to evaluate argumentative discourse in learning research.

Invited by: Mariane Frenay, Valérie Swaen, Magali Paquot, François Lambotte (projet ARC MOOCResearch 2.0)
 

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Freydis Vogel bio (from university of Hamburg) 

" The research topics I am working on are influenced by my interest in cooperative learning with digital technologies. Above all, the question arises as to how and under what circumstances cooperative learning can be successful or problems solved together that require the interplay of different, individual abilities.

Digital technologies come into play here in different ways. On the one hand, we are talking about the development of digital technologies that support cooperation, direct communication, or inspire activities that foster learning. On the other, in the rapidly changing digital world, new technologies are constantly being developed that require learners and teachers to keep learning new skills, for example, thanks to changing forms of communication."