Assessing Negotiation Skill and Its Development in an Online Collaborative Simulation Game: A Social Network Analysis Study

Autor/inn/en	Sun, Zhiru; Theussen, Amelie
Titel	Assessing Negotiation Skill and Its Development in an Online Collaborative Simulation Game: A Social Network Analysis Study
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 54 (2023) 1, S.222-246 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sun, Zhiru)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/bjet.13263
Schlagwörter	Educational Games; Simulation; Political Science; Conflict Resolution; Communication Skills; Cooperative Learning; Social Networks; Network Analysis; Skill Development; Interaction; Learning Analytics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational game; Lernspiel; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Kommunikationsstil; Kooperatives Lernen; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Netzplantechnik; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Interaktion
Abstract	Simulation games are widely used to teach negotiation skills in political science education. However, existing studies focus on the impact of simulation games on students' knowledge gains and affective changes and largely ignore skill assessment and development in the gaming environment. This study aimed to understand the process of student groups practicing negotiation skills in a collaborative simulation game through social network analysis (SNA). We proposed a conceptual framework to assess negotiation skills by identifying different negotiation skillsets based on participatory roles in collaborative learning, investigated the skill development through the change of the skillsets over time, and examined the relationship between the negotiation skillsets and achievement. The results showed that the majority of student groups practiced more complex negotiation skillsets towards the end of the game, and the complexity of skillsets was positively related to the negotiation outcomes in the simulation game. The study demonstrated the possibilities of using SNA as an analytical tool to measure negotiation skills and explore dynamic skill development in a collaborative simulation game. It has also shown the potential of integrating SNA in a collaborative gaming environment for automated analysis of a large volume of data concerning interactions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01