Search results for " collaborative learning"

Communities in Technology-Enhanced Environments for Learning

2009

The contemporary society addresses complex, interrelated, and interactive global situations to be faced by its citizens. Instead of pursuing solitary actions, this post-modern turn requires its actors to develop capacities to resituate their activities in collective unities and to successfully communicate their actions within these multiple local and global communities. Also in education, the concept of community continues to possess a positive image and the optimistic premises of how communication technologies may enable communities to grow have been widely discussed. For example, in higher education, educational practices (e.g. Virtual University) are more often fixed around Web-based col…

Els efectes del Foro Virtual en el Prácticum de Ciències de la Activitat Física i l'Esport: una experiència pilot

2012

Aquest article consistix en el estudi dels efectes de l’ús del foro virtual en la assignatura del Prácticum del curs 2009/2010 de la llicenciatura en ciències de l’activitat física i l’esport de la Universitat de València. Es convidà als alumnes a participar per a introduir-los dins d’un marc d’aprenentatge col·laboratiu mitjançant l’intercanvi d’experiències, l’autogestió dels problemes sorgits i la proposició de solucions per a eixos problemes. Es va analitzar la participació en el foro dels estudiants i la valoració que ells van fer sobre la seua participació. Els resultats reflectixen una alta participació al llarg de 18 temes. El alumnes valoren de forma positiva la inclusió d’aquesta …

Editorial: Robot-Assisted Learning and Education

2020

Computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning and classroom scripts: Effects on help-seeking processes and learning outcomes

2011

This study examined the influence of classroom-script structure (high vs. low) during computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning on help-seeking processes and learning gains in 54 student pairs in secondary science education. Screen- and audio-capturing videos were analysed according to a model of the help-seeking process. Results show that the structure of the classroom script substantially affects patterns of student help seeking and learning gain in the classroom. Overall, students in the high-structured classroom-script condition sought less help but learnt more than those in the low-structured classroom-script condition. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959475…

Web tools per promuovere l’apprendimento collaborativo nella formazione iniziale dei futuri insegnanti

2017

L’approccio flipped può risultare una valida proposta didattica in quanto promuove le forme collaborative di apprendimento. L’apprendimento collaborativo, che trova le sue radici nella teoria socioculturale e nella teoria sociocognitiva, per decenni è stato un pilastro della formazione negli USA. Attraverso il lavoro di ricerca si è voluto descrivere lo sviluppo della competenza digitale nei futuri insegnanti, promuovendo al contempo lo spirito collaborativo e la capacità di mobilitazione delle proprie risorse cognitive, emotive e creative. Si è inteso altresì osservare e rilevare il grado di collaborazione, la capacità di richiedere aiuto, l’ impegno motivato e la costanza dei futuri inseg…

Conceptualizing Collaboration in the Context of Computer-supported Collaborative Learning

2015

“Collaborative learning” has become a common expression in a wide range of spheres. We often say that we learn collaboratively when we perform a task together. However, the term “collaborative learning” has more complex implications than only doing a task together with peers. Successful collaborative learning is characterized by meaningful and intense interactions among peers and shared understanding of the concepts. In computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) learners’ interactions are mediated by technological artifacts, therefore, the role of technologies becomes highly important from both cognitive and motivational perspectives. In this paper I discuss the essence of c…

Collaborative Learning and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environments

2008

A focus on purely individual cognition has set a stage to social construction of knowledge. New learning environments, in many cases supported by computer technology, are often based on collaborating and sharing expertise. As a result research on Computer Supported Collaborative learning (CSCL) environments is a significant and growing field, which actively seeks new methods to resolve the challenges of human learning across diverse levels of interaction in a modern information society. In this chapter we will discuss the concept of collaborative learning and the issues involved in using information and communication technology to support collaborative learning. We begin with the definition…

Reflection Assignment as a Tool to Support Students’ Metacognitive Awareness in the Context of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

2021

The present study explores the potential of a reflection assignment as a tool for supporting master’s degree students’ metacognitive skills in the context of computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). The research question (RQ) is formulated as follows: How does a regularly submitted reflection assignment support the development of students’ individual metacognitive awareness in the context of CSCL? The empirical data is a text corpus (7878 words) extracted from individual students’ (N = 13) reflection assignments (N = 65) submitted during one semester. Qualitative content analysis was employed to analyze the data. The results demonstrate that by the end of the course, the students s…

Secure Collaborative Learning Practices and Mobile Technology

2008

During the past few years, mobile technologies have become common in everyday life. Almost everyone carry some kind of mobile technological equipment with him or her, for example a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, a multimedia player, such as an iPod, or a laptop computer. The use of these equipments is not limited only to workplaces, schools or homes. Particularly useful information and communication technologies (ICTs) are in educational settings. Especially wireless networks and laptop computers may promote many useful practices of collaborative learning (Cutshall, Changchit, & Elwood, 2006; Jones, Holmfeld, & Lindström, 2006). On the one hand, the use of mobile …

Scripting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

2010

In this chapter, we will present a review of theoretical and empirical analyses of Web-based collaboration processes used during a scripted university course. The results refer to a design-based study that involved first-year teacher-education students (N = 30) studying pedagogy over a period of three months. The intervention involved structuring the subjects’ collaborative actions with three different pedagogical scripts. According to the findings, the scripts guided students’ activities by helping them find resources for knowledge construction and work together through a series of steps. However, there were variations among groups in terms of quality of collaboration, and the students mos…