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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">109</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">jucs</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-021-11-1496</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23660</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>L.2 - LEARNING</subject>
          <subject>L.3 - METHODOLOGY/TOOLS/TECHNOLOGY</subject>
          <subject>M.5 - KNOWLEDGE PERSONALIZATION AND CUSTOMIZATION</subject>
          <subject>M.7 - KNOWLEDGE RETRIEVAL</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>A Visual Representation of Online Interaction Patterns</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Lucas</surname>
            <given-names>Margarida</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">mlucas@ua.pt</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Moreira</surname>
            <given-names>António</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal</addr-line>
        <institution>University of Aveiro</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Aveiro</addr-line>
        <country>Portugal</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Margarida Lucas (<email xlink:type="simple">mlucas@ua.pt</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2015</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>11</month>
        <year>2015</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>21</volume>
      <issue>11</issue>
      <fpage>1496</fpage>
      <lpage>1507</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/A82D6CF3-D888-5EE2-ACD7-77ACEC961F04">A82D6CF3-D888-5EE2-ACD7-77ACEC961F04</uri>
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      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>10</day>
          <month>05</month>
          <year>2014</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>12</day>
          <month>01</month>
          <year>2015</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Margarida Lucas, António Moreira</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>To understand learning processes we need to consider many different aspects that come into play within online learning environments, including mediating tools, learners actions, their engagement in online discussions and how such discussions unfold over time. Content analysis of asynchronous discussions is usually applied to study knowledge construction, but little attention is paid on how interactions relate to each other over time and influence each other. Visual representations of online interactions can help us make sense of the temporal dimension of learning and its relation with other complex data. The present article proposes a new visualization tool, which is based on an interaction analysis coding scheme, to visually represent the multidimensional relationship between discussion content, participants' interaction and time.</p>
      </abstract>
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