NoteCoStruct: Powering Online Learners with Socially Scaffolded Note Taking and Sharing

BSTRACT Video-based learning and digital note-taking are widely adopted by online learners. To investigate how to better support self-paced online learners’ note-taking and learning activities, we presented and evaluated NoteCoStruct, a digital note-taking and note-sharing tool for video-based learning by scaffolding the learners through a structured note-taking process and displaying learning traces left by peers watching the same videos before. With an online laboratory study involving 20 participants, we found that NoteCoStruct significantly reduced perceived distraction caused by note-taking, fostered a sense of learning community, and better engaged learners cognitively and emotionally in video-based learning. We discussed our findings and outlined possible future work around digital note-taking and note-sharing tools.