Dennerlein Sebastian, Ley Tobias, , Lex Elisabeth, Seitlinger Paul
2016
Take up my Tags: Exploring Benefits of Collaborative Learning in a Social Tagging Field Study at the Workplace
European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL 2016) EC-TEL 2016 Springer-Verlag Cham
In the digital realm, meaning making is reflected in the reciprocal manipulation of mediating artefacts. We understand uptake, i.e. interaction with and understanding of others’ artefact interpretations, as central mechanism and investigate its impact on individual and social learning at work. Results of our social tagging field study indicate that increased uptake of others’ tags is related to a higher shared understanding of collaborators as well as narrower and more elaborative exploration in individual information search. We attribute the social and individual impact to accommodative processes in the high uptake condition.