Segmenting Virtual Collaboration Environment Based on Participant Proficiency

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a data processing system, causes the data processing system to segment a virtual collaboration environment of a virtual collaboration based on participant proficiency with collaboration topics of the virtual collaboration, at least by:

• collecting, from a first participant of the virtual collaboration environment, interaction data corresponding to at least one of communications exchanged by the first participant with one or more second participants in the virtual collaboration environment, actions performed by the first participant or the avatar of the first participant, or reactions performed by the first participant or avatar in response to interactions by the one or more second participants;
• classifying the first participant with regard to a level of participant proficiency with collaboration topics of the virtual collaboration environment based on the interaction data;
• segmenting the virtual collaboration environment into a plurality of collaboration sub-groups and assigning participants to the plurality of collaboration sub-groups based on determined levels of participant proficiency of the first participant and the one or more second participants;
• and
• aligning content provided to the participants of the virtual collaboration and communication channels between the participants of the virtual collaboration based on the assignment of participants to a collaboration sub-group in the plurality of collaboration sub-groups.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to segment a virtual collaboration environment of a virtual collaboration based on participant proficiency with collaboration topics of the virtual collaboration, at least by:
• collecting, from a first participant of the virtual collaboration environment, interaction data corresponding to at least one of communications exchanged by the first participant with one or more second participants in the virtual collaboration environment, actions performed by the first participant or an avatar of the first participant, or reactions performed by the first participant or avatar in response to interactions by the one or more second participants;
• classifying the first participant with regard to a level of participant proficiency with collaboration topics of the virtual collaboration environment based on the interaction data;
• segmenting the virtual collaboration environment into a plurality of collaboration sub-groups and assigning participants to the plurality of collaboration sub-groups based on determined levels of participant proficiency of the first participant and the one or more second participants;
• and
• aligning content provided to the participants of the virtual collaboration and communication channels between the participants of the virtual collaboration based on the assignment of participants to collaboration sub-groups in the plurality of collaboration sub-groups.