Knowledge Building Dynamics with Synergistic Learning Technology System

The Synergistic Learning Technology System (SLTS) described in this paper represents a new learning environment with functions of collaborative annotation and visual knowledge mapping. Based on a set of instructional experiments and data analysis using a verbal protocol method, this paper analyzed the learner's knowledge building dynamics in the learning process under the research context supported by SLTS. The result shows the learning system worked well for the learner group of unbalanced knowledge building ability in different phases of synergistic learning. The influence is more obvious during information sharing and comparison stage. The present version of SLTS has realized collective knowledge building and graphical representation of collective memory.