%0 Journal Article %T Enrich forum interfaces by visualization of interaction analysis' outputs. %A Ang¨¦lique DIMITRACOPOULOU %A ¨¦ric BRUILLARD %J STICEF %D 2006 %I %X Even if asynchronous discussion forums are currently used in education, the underlying research continues focusing more on the improvement of the basic functionalities than to a better awareness of exchanges, interactions and emerging content. This paper explores a new research direction in the design of technology based learning environments: computer based interaction analysis in educational forums. The aim is to contribute in the design of enriched forums¡¯ interfaces allowing alternative representations of posted messages, and to provide support on the awareness of participants¡¯ contributions via multiple and diversified visualisations of interaction analysis indicators, offering a metacognitive assistance to forum participants (students, tutors, moderators), as well as a cognitive assistance to observers of interactions (teachers, researchers, etc.). %K forum tools design %K interaction analysis tools %K content analysis %K metacognition %K self regulation %K educational context %K hypertext %U http://sticef.univ-lemans.fr/num/vol2006/dimitracopoulou-10/sticef_2006_dimitracopoulou_10p.htm