Search results for "Collaborative learning"

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…

Effects of Group Formation on Student Satisfaction and Performance: A Field Experiment

2021

This study analyzes the relation of group formation on outcomes of a 4-week online course for prospective students. Group formation was experimentally manipulated based on predefined criteria, personality traits conscientiousness and extraversion. As research questions, groups were considered advantageous if they were formed (a) heterogeneously in extraversion, and (b) homogeneously in conscientiousness. As a result, no uniform outcome was identified. Most variance could be explained on group level, but no significant main effect for experimental grouping was found. Significant interaction between both main effects hint that the results do not provide final answers, but guidance for furthe…

Pedagogical translation, subtitles and ICTs: collaborative projects in L2classroom

2017

[EN] With this paper we offer a contribution to the debate on the importance of translation for learning a second language in the classroom. We exemplify its use as a didactic resource and as a learning tool. We show the methodological bases for a proposal consisting of three collaborative translation projects. This projects were carried out in higher education, namely in a Catalan as a Foreign Language (CLE) classroom at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne (France) in face-to-face and virtual scenarios. These practices are grouped into three different didactic sequences that deal with a given discursive genre –a music video, a commercial and a recipe– and that are realized as a teamwork.

Análisis de la construcción de entornos virtuales en los “Centros Educativos Inteligentes”

2013

El propósito de este artículo es plantear una metaevaluación de los primeros resultados obtenidos en un proyecto de investigación sobre la iniciativa ministerial Escuela 2. 0. en la que han participado 12 universidades. Nuestra aportación se centra en el análisis de cuatro estudios de casos, todos ellos Centros Educativos Inteligentes de la Comunidad Valenciana. Con los datos e información recabada se inicia el tratamiento de la muestra con una metodología mixta para analizar cómo estos centros se van transformando progresivamente en entornos virtuales de enseñanza y aprendizaje en colaboración. Transformación en la que la micropolítica de estas organizaciones es tanto o más relevante que l…

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…

Collaborative Writing with Wikis: Pedagogical and Technological Implications for Successful Implementation in Teacher Education

2012

Wikis have been promoted as tools that foster collaborative learning and writing. They enable multiple users to edit a document collaboratively and support online written communication between participants. While most wiki research is based on students’ subjective perceptions of the wiki learning environment, a number of studies have drawn on the data log that is automatically generated by wikis. The data log enables the analysis of students’ activities performed on the wiki in terms of work distribution, level of contribution, types of activities, timing of contribution, and work intervals. This information is more reliable to analyze collaborative writing activities than subjective percep…