TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the use of contextual modules for understanding and supporting collaborative learning activities
T2 - An empirical study
AU - Xiao, Lu
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - We report three student groups' collaboration experiences in a semester-long classroom project. The project included both tasks that required completion in virtual group workspace and activities that could be carried out in the physical world environment. We observed different collaboration patterns among the groups with respect to building and maintaining social relationships, submitting individual work to the group, and scheduling group meetings. We use Bereiter's two contextual modules, intentional learning and schoolwork, to help us understand the observed patterns and suggest that the group leader's contextual module plays a significant role in all members' group learning experiences and outcomes. We propose design implications that are intended for encouraging learning-based (as opposed to work-based) practices in virtual group environments.
AB - We report three student groups' collaboration experiences in a semester-long classroom project. The project included both tasks that required completion in virtual group workspace and activities that could be carried out in the physical world environment. We observed different collaboration patterns among the groups with respect to building and maintaining social relationships, submitting individual work to the group, and scheduling group meetings. We use Bereiter's two contextual modules, intentional learning and schoolwork, to help us understand the observed patterns and suggest that the group leader's contextual module plays a significant role in all members' group learning experiences and outcomes. We propose design implications that are intended for encouraging learning-based (as opposed to work-based) practices in virtual group environments.
KW - Classroom study
KW - Computer-supported collaborative learning
KW - Virtual group learning environment
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U2 - 10.2298/CSIS111128019X
DO - 10.2298/CSIS111128019X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84865261080
VL - 9
SP - 961
EP - 981
JO - Computer Science and Information Systems
JF - Computer Science and Information Systems
SN - 1820-0214
IS - 2
ER -