Richard Alterman
Degrees
University of Texas, Austin, Ph.D.University of California, Berkeley, B.A.
Expertise
Computer-supported communication, cooperation, and collaboration. Learning and technology. Cognitive engineering and modeling. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Educational Technology. Human Computer Interaction. Communication and discourse. Internet & Society.Profile
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I am a professor of Computer Science at Brandeis University with affiliations in Psychology and the Volen National Center for Complex Systems. My research is interdisciplinary with a strong computational basis. Early in my career my primary focus was in artificial intelligence and cognitive modeling. Currently my lab is doing research on educational technology and collaborative learning. There is also a project on skill acquisition and training in the use of application software. The research framework of my lab uses a mix of methods from different fields. I am a long time member of the Cognitive Science community, which is my core community. I am on the editorial board of the International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. The common theoretical themes of my research are planning and activity, communication, and collaboration.Courses Taught
| COSI | 118a | Computer-Supported Cooperation |
| COSI | 125a | Human-Computer Interaction |
| COSI | 139b | Technology and the Learning Sciences |
Awards and Honors
Davis Teaching and Learning Fellow (2014 - 2015)
Scholarship
Altebarmakian, Maria and Alterman, Richard. "Cohesion in Online Environments." International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (ijCSCL) 14. 4 (2019): 443-465.
Altebarmakian, Maria and Alterman, Richard. "Design Heuristics to Support Cohesion within Online Collaborative Learning Groups." Frontiers in Education (FIE), 2019.
Krisler, Brian and Alterman, Richard. "Inline Training: A Technique For Continuous, Within-Task Learning." Research in Learning Technology 26. (2018): 21 PP.
Alterman, Richard and Harsch, Kendall. "A More Reflective Form of Joint Problem Solving.." International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 12. 1 (2017): 9-33.
Alterman, Richard, Altebarmakian, Maria, and Harsch, Kendall. "The Apprenticeship Project for educating a STEM-based workforce and the Dissemination of Learning Technology." Frontiers of Education (FIE2017), Indianapolis, Indiana. October 2017.
Solomon E. Garber, Aaditya Prakash, Nick Moran, Maria Altebarmakian Richard Alterman, Antonella Di Lillo and James A. Storer. "A Two Tier Approach to Blackboard Video Lecture Summary." Frontiers in Education (FIE2017), Indianapolis, Indiana. October 2017.
Alterman, Richard and Kendall Harsch. Collaborative and Individual Learning : Mixing the two. Proc. of Seventh International Conference on Computer Supported Education. Lisbon, Portugal: 2015.
Gunnarsson, Bjorn Levi and Alterman, Richard. "Peer promotions as a method to identify quality content." Journal of Learning Analytics 1. 2 (2014): 126-150.
Alterman, Richard and Gunnarsson, Bjorn. The blogosphere as representational space. Proc. of 10th International Conference of Computer Supported Cooperative Learning (CSCL2013). Madison, WI: 2013.
Alterman, Richard and Larussoson, Johann. "Participation and common knowledge in a case study of student blogging." International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 8. 2 (2013): 149-187.
Gunnarsson, Bjorn and Alterman, Richard. Understanding promotions in a case study of student blogging. Proc. of Third International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK 2013). Leuven, Belgium: 2013.
Gunnarsson, Bjorn and Alterman, Richard. Predicting failure: A case study in co-blogging. Proc. of LAC 2012 (Learning Analytics Conference). Vancouver, Canada: 2012.
Alterman, Richard & Larusson, Johann. Students producing thick descriptions. Proc. of Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Learning. Hong Kong: 2011.
Alterman, Richard and Larusson, Johann. "Collaborative sensemaking in the blogosphere." Proceedings of 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 2010.
Alterman, Richard and Larusson, J.. Modeling Participation within a Community. Proc. of 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2009.
Larusson, J. and Alterman, Richard. Visualizing Student Activity in a Wiki-mediated Co-blogging Exercise. Proc. of Proceedings of Computer Human Interaction. 2009.
Larusson, Johan. and Alterman, Richard. "Wiki environments for learning." Wired for Learning: An educators guide to Web 2.0. Ed. Kidd, T. and Chen, I., 2009. 137-153.
Larusson, Johann and Alterman, Richard. "Wikis to support the "collaborative part" of collaborative learning." Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 4. 4 (2009): 371-402.
Alterman, Richard. "Activity and Convention." Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy 27. (2008): 127-138.
Krisler, Brian & Alterman, Richard. Training towards mastery. Proc. of NordiChi. 2008.
Alterman, Richard & Larusson, J.. Technology in a Context: Enabling students to collaboratively participate at the interface of computation and social science.. Proc. of Proceedings of Computer Supported Coopertative Learning. 2007.
Alterman, Richard. "Representation, Interaction, and Intersubjectivity." Cognitive Science 35. 5 (2007): 815-841.
Larusson, J. & Alterman, Richard. Tracking online collaborative work as representational practice: Analysis and tool.. Proc. of Proceedings of the Third Communities and Technologies Conference. Springer-Verlag, 2007.
Introne, Joshua & Alterman, Richard. "Structuring Coordination to Provide Intelligent Assistance in Groupware." User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction 16. 3:4 (2006): 249-280.
Taneva, Svetlena, Alterman, Richard, and Hickey, Timothy. Collaborative Learning; Collaborative Depth. Proc. of 27th Annual Cognitive Science Society. 2005.
Alterman, Richard & Garland, A.. "Autonomous Agents that Learn to Better Coordinate." Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 8. 3 (2004): 267-301.
Alterman, Richard & Kirsh, David, ed. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003.
Feinman, Alex & Alterman, Richard. Discourse Analysis Techniques for Modeling Group Interaction.. Proc. of Ninth International Conference on User Modeling. 2003.
Alterman, Richard & Garland, Andrew. "Convention in Joint Activity." Cognitive Science 25. 4 (2001): 611-657.