Online collaborative learning in dyads: Effects of knowledge distribution and awareness

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Highlights：

• Knowledge distribution in online collaborating dyads affects individual learning outcomes.

• Dyads with symmetrical knowledge show a symmetrical increase in knowledge.

• In dyads with asymmetrically distributed knowledge this outcome is not certain.

• More and less knowledgeable partners have equal chance to profit exclusively.

• Awareness of partner's knowledge promotes knowledge exchange.

摘要

•Knowledge distribution in online collaborating dyads affects individual learning outcomes.•Dyads with symmetrical knowledge show a symmetrical increase in knowledge.•In dyads with asymmetrically distributed knowledge this outcome is not certain.•More and less knowledgeable partners have equal chance to profit exclusively.•Awareness of partner's knowledge promotes knowledge exchange.

论文关键词：Online collaborative learning,Content-based knowledge awareness,Knowledge distribution,Knowledge exchange

论文评审过程：Received 29 September 2015, Revised 21 December 2015, Accepted 29 January 2016, Available online 18 February 2016, Version of Record 18 February 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.01.043