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Articles of Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2012
[-]Cognizing mediating: Unpacking the entanglement of artifacts with collective minds
Author: Gerry Stahl
Introduction: The age of simple objects like well-designed artifacts, minds confined inside of skulls, and cultures cloistered in the tacit background has been left in the fading past according to current ... [full article]
Citation: Stahl, G. (2012) Cognizing mediating: Unpacking the entanglement of artifacts with collective minds. ijcscl 7 (2), pp. 187-191
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-012-9148-x
Preprint: stahl_7_2.pdf
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[-]Connecting agents and artifacts in CSCL: Towards a rationale of mutual shaping
Authors: Maarten Overdijk, Wouter van Diggelen, Paul A. Kirschner, Michael Baker
Abstract: Studying how collaborative activity takes shape interactionally in the context of technological settings is one of the main challenges in the field of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning ... [full abstract]
Keywords: Affordance, Agent-artifact connection, Instrument, Mutual shaping, Structures
Citation: Overdijk, M., van Diggelen, W., Kirschner, P. A., & Baker, M. (2012) On the connection of agents and artifacts in CSCL: Toward a rationale of mutual shaping. ijcscl 7 (2), pp. 193-210
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-012-9143-2
Preprint: overdijk_diggeler_kirschner_baker_7_2.pdf
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[-]An instrumental perspective on CSCL Systems
Author: Jacques Lonchamp
Abstract: The theory of instrumental genesis of Rabardel relates the social and the technical through the concept of instrument. An instrument is defined as a mixed entity made up by an artifact, the ... [full abstract]
Keywords: Instrumental genesis, Mediating instrument, CSCL sy stems
Citation: Lonchamp, J. (2012) An instrumental perspective on CSCL Systems. ijcscl 7 (2), pp. 211-237
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-012-9141-4
Preprint: lonchamp_7_2.pdf
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Authors: Giuseppe Ritella, Kai Hakkarainen
Abstract: The purpose of the present paper is to examine the socio-cultural foundations of technology-mediated collaborative learning. Toward that end, we discuss the role of artifacts in knowledge-creating ... [full abstract]
Keywords: Epistemic mediation, Chronotope, Knowledge practices, CSCL, Knowledge building, Expansiv e learning, Instrumental genesis, Double stimulation
Citation: Ritella, G. & Hakkarainen, K. (2012) Instrumental genesis in technology-mediated learning: From double stimulation to expansive knowledge practices.. ijcscl 7 (2), pp. 239-258
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-012-9144-1
Preprint: ritella_hakkarainen_7_2.pdf
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Authors: Carmen G. Zahn, Karsten Krauskopf, Friedrich W. Hesse, Roy Pea
Abstract: Digital video technologies offer a variety of functions for supporting collaborative learning in classrooms. Yet, for novice learners, such as school students, positive learning outcomes also depend ... [full abstract]
Keywords: Learning, Collaboration, Digital video
Citation: Zahn, C. G., Krauskopf, K., Hesse, F. W., & Pea, R. (2012) How to improve collaborative learning with video tools in the classroom? Social vs. cognitive guidance for student teams. ijcscl 7 (2), pp. 259-284
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-012-9145-0
Preprint: zahn_krauskopf_hesse_pea_7_2.pdf
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Authors: Karsten Stegmann, Jin Mu, Elijah Mayfield, Carolyn Rosé, Frank Fischer
Abstract: Research related to online discussions frequently faces the problem of analyzing huge corpora. Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies may allow automating this analysis. However, the ... [full abstract]
Keywords: Online discussion, Automatic content analysis, Text classification
Citation: Mu, J., Stegmann, K., Mayfield, E., Rosé, C., & Fischer, F. (2012) The ACODEA framework: Developing segmentation and classification schemes for fully automatic analysis of online discussions. ijcscl 7 (2), pp. 285-305
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-012-9147-y
Preprint: mu_stegmann_mayfield_rose_fischer_7_2.pdf
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[-]Scripted collaborative learning with the Cognitive Tutor Algebra: An experimental classroom study
Authors: Nikol Rummel, Dejana Mullins, Hans Spada
Abstract: With the aim to promote students’ mathematics learning, we extended the Cognitive Tutor Algebra (CTA), a computer-based tutoring system for high school mathematics, to a collaborative setting. ... [full abstract]
Keywords: Computer-supported collaborative learning, Scripted collaboration, Mathematics learning, Experimental classroom study, Collaboration process analysis
Citation: Rummel, N., Mullins, D., & Spada, H. (2012) Scripted collaborative learning with the Cognitive Tutor Algebra: An experimental classroom study. ijcscl 7 (2), pp. 307-339
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-012-9146-z
Preprint: rummel_mullins_spada_7_2.pdf
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