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Articles of Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2009
[-]Yes we can!
Gerry Stahl
As we begin to publish volume 4 of ijCSCL, the world has changed and the opportunities for CSCL have been transformed along with it. I am writing this introduction to our new journal volume in early ... [full article]
Stahl, G. (2009) Yes we can!. ijcscl 4 (1), pp. 1-4
link.springer.com [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-008-9055-3] including a link to the official electronic version.
this article at[-]The pedagogical challenges to collaborative technologies
Diana Laurillard
Collaborative technologies offer a range of new ways of supporting learning by enabling learners to share and exchange both ideas and their own digital products. This paper considers how best to ... [full abstract]
Learning theory, Collaborative learning, Pedagogy, Conversational Framework, Constructionism
Laurillard, D. (2009) The pedagogical challenges to collaborative technologies. ijcscl 4 (1), pp. 5-20
link.springer.com [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-008-9056-2] including a link to the official electronic version.
this article at[-]Productive failure in CSCL groups
Manu Kapur, Charles K. Kinzer
This study was designed as a confirmatory study of work on productive failure (Kapur, Cognition and Instruction, 26(3), 379–424, 2008). N = 177, 11th-grade science students were randomly assigned ... [full abstract]
Ill-structured problem solving, Well-structured problem solving, Synchronous collaboration, Problem-solving failure
Kapur, M. & Kinzer, C. K. (2009) Productive failure in CSCL groups. ijcscl 4 (1), pp. 21-46
link.springer.com [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-008-9059-z] including a link to the official electronic version.
this article at[-]A connective ethnography of peer knowledge sharing and diffusion in a tween virtual world
Deborarh A. Fields, Yasmin B. Kafai
Prior studies have shown how knowledge diffusion occurs in classrooms and structured small groups around assigned tasks yet have not begun to account for widespread knowledge sharing in more native, ... [full abstract]
Virtual worlds, Knowledge sharing, Knowledge diffusion, Connective ethnography, Peer pedagogy
Fields, D. A. & Kafai, Y. B. (2009) A connective ethnography of peer knowledge sharing and diffusion in a tween virtual world. ijcscl 4 (1), pp. 47-68
link.springer.com [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-008-9057-1] including a link to the official electronic version.
this article at[-]Learning to collaborate while being scripted or by observing a model
Nikol Rummel, Hans Spada, Sabine Hauser
In an earlier study, we had tested if observing a collaboration model, or alternatively, following a collaboration script could improve students’ subsequent collaboration in a computer-mediated ... [full abstract]
Computer-mediated collaboration, Collaboration script, Elaboration support, Observational learning, Worked-out collaboration example
Rummel, N., Spada, H. & Hauser, S. (2009) Learning to collaborate while being scripted or by observing a model. ijcscl 4 (1), pp. 69-92
link.springer.com [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-008-9054-4] including a link to the official electronic version.
this article at[-]The power of natural frameworks: Technology and the question of agency in CSCL settings
Annika Lantz-Andersson
Students frame activities in school in specific ways which are fundamental for their learning and problem solving. The introduction of digital technology and multimedia applications leads to ... [full abstract]
Meaning making, Word problems, Problem solving, Digital tools, Multimedia tool, Framing, Frameworks, Agency
Lantz-Andersson, A. (2009) The power of natural frameworks: Technology and the question of agency in CSCL settings. ijcscl 4 (1), pp. 93-107
link.springer.com [http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11412-008-9058-0] including a link to the official electronic version.
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