Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Student Evaluation ◽

Online Discussions ◽

Learning Groups ◽

Shared Workspaces ◽

The Social ◽

In computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL), information and communication technologies are used to promote connections between one learner and other learners, between learners and tutors, and between a learning community and its learning resources. CSCL is a coordinated, synchronous activity of a group of learners resulting from their continued attempt to construct and maintain a shared conception of a problem (Roschelle & Teasley, 1995). CSCL systems offer software replicas of many of the classic classroom resources and activities (Soller, 2001). For example, such systems may provide electronic shared workspaces, on-line presentations, lecture notes, reference material, quizzes, student evaluation scores, and facilities for chat or online discussions. This closely reflects a typical collaborative learning situation in the classroom, where the learners participating to learning groups encourage each other to ask questions, explain and justify their opinions, articulate their reasoning, and elaborate and reflect upon their knowledge, thereby motivating and improving learning. These observations stipulate both the social context and the social processes as an integral part of collaborative learning activities. In other words, CSCL is a natural process of social interaction and communication among the learners in a group while they are learning by solving common problems.

SPECIAL FEATURES OF ORGANIZING COMMUNICATION IN THE PROCESS OF DISTANT LESSONS PREPARATION ABROAD

Social Communications: Theory and Practice ◽

10.51423/2524-0471-2021-12-1-10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 107-117

Author(s):

Irina Kurdyumova

Keyword(s):

Distance Education ◽

Collaborative Learning ◽

Self Regulated Learning ◽

Distant Learning ◽

New Information ◽

Key Competencies ◽

Cultural Skills

Distance education has been lately very popular abroad. It is necessary to look through somespecial aspects of lessons construction in blended learning abroad. Many discussions took place abroad about different barriers in distant education. A low degree of communication is part of most barriers to distance education. Communication improvement in distance education greatly depends on capability to manage strategically one’s learning and other people’s learning. Teachers use more and more new information and communication technologies joined with computer supported collaborative learning. Some foreign researchers in their work use the terms “self-regulated learning”, “socially shared regulation of learning”, “computer supported collaborative learning”, which illustrate technological activity in the process of distant learning. Because of such education, students form vitally important skills based in such key competencies as critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, communication, collaboration, creativity, analytical and inter-cultural skills.

Fostering Collaboration in CSCL

Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-845-1.ch044 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 335-340 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Donatella Persico ◽

Francesca Pozzi ◽

Luigi Sarti

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Collaborative Learning ◽

Learning Communities ◽

Learning Community ◽

Learning Strategies ◽

Online Courses ◽

Online Learning Communities ◽

Face To Face ◽

The Social

Some collaborative learning strategies widely used in face-to-face settings can also be adapted to online contexts. They allow us to master the complex relations between members of large, heterogeneous online learning communities. The authors build on their experience in the application of some of the most well-known strategies and techniques used in online courses, such as jigsaw, peer review, role-play, case study, and brainstorming. The use of these strategies in computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments and the related models describing the social structure of the learning community is discussed in the attempt to highlight their strengths and weaknesses and investigate the conditions for their applicability. The aim is to inform the design and the management of online learning communities.

Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology - Technologies and Practices for Constructing Knowledge in Online Environments ◽

E-learning as a Socio-cultural System

10.4018/978-1-61520-937-8.ch010 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 202-218

Author(s):

Vaiva Zuzeviciute ◽

Edita Butrime

Keyword(s):

Collaborative Learning ◽

Virtual Communities ◽

Cultural System ◽

E Learning ◽

Learning Together

The chapter analyses issues concerning the nature of virtual communities and learning in the following communities. Firstly, the discussion will focus on the question whether the very existence of technology and its ever increasing influence is an object of culture. Next, the relation between different elements of the culture (including technology) from the perspective of fostering interaction and learning will be discussed. Lastly, the specificity of the socio-cultural system of information and communication technologies (further - ICT) assisted learning together with recommendations for fostering further ICT assisted learning, e-learning and computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) will be analysed.

INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY WITH COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes ◽

10.22190/jtesap2103551j ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 551

Author(s):

Kuldeep Kaur Juneja

Keyword(s):

Collaborative Learning ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

English Language ◽

Pedagogical Practices ◽

Teaching English ◽

Technological Support ◽

Collaborative Technology ◽

Today’s society is technology motivated and the educational institutions call for new pedagogical ideas. An education process over hauling is needed in all aspects of education like curriculum improvement, teaching learning aspect, assessment, evaluation procedures, etc. One of the basic requirements for education in the future is to prepare learners for participation in a network, information society in which knowledge will be the most critical resource for social and economic development. Computer - Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) is one of the most promising innovations to improve teaching and learning with the help of modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Research on collaborative learning and the use of information and communication technologies has been integrated in the research area called Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL). Collaborative technology refers to specific technological support for collaboration built into computer networks. Such collaborative technology in connection with corresponding pedagogical practices is usually called CSCL environment. Collaborative learning is very important in achieving critical thinking. Individuals are able to achieve higher levels of learning and retain more information when they work in group rather than individually. The knowledge of English has become a prime factor for a nation’s development as well as an individual’s development. The present paper highlights the distinction made between the collaborative use of technology and collaborative technology for teaching English to undergraduate students.

Fuzzy Logic-Based Modeling in Collaborative and Blended Learning - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

10.4018/978-1-4666-8705-9.ch003 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 51-88

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Collaborative Learning ◽

Software Applications ◽

Current Trends ◽

Integrate Research

The aim of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) is to integrate research on collaborative learning with the use of Information and Communication Technologies. From a holistic perspective, this chapter covers the research approaches and current trends concerning CSCL. In fact, the CSCL within the education dimension suggests the development of software/applications that bring learners together, offering both creative activities of intellectual exploration, metacognition and social interaction. A clear overview of the field, including a presentation of key-terminology and major issues, along with some important directions and open issues are discussed, towards an effort to offer a more comprehensive view of the current research in CSCL. This contributes to the enhancement of the role of collaborative learning within the purposes of this book.

Technologies Disability and Inclusion

EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY ◽

10.3280/ess1-2018oa6064 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tomas Brusell

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Augmented Reality ◽

Future Development ◽

Smart Cities ◽

Modern Technology ◽

The Social ◽

The Disabled ◽

When modern technology permeates every corner of life, there are ignited more and more hopes among the disabled to be compensated for the loss of mobility and participation in normal life, and with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Exoskeleton Technologies and truly hands free technologies (HMI), it's possible for the disabled to be included in the social and pedagogic spheres, especially via computers and smartphones with social media apps and digital instruments for Augmented Reality (AR) .In this paper a nouvel HMI technology is presented with relevance for the inclusion of disabled in every day life with specific focus on the future development of "smart cities" and "smart homes".

The social consumption of information and communication technologies (ICTs): insights from research on the appropriation and consumption of new ICTs in the domestic environment

Cognition Technology & Work ◽

10.1007/s10111-002-0111-x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 4-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

James Stewart

Keyword(s):

Domestic Environment ◽

The Social ◽

Blended Collaborative Learning through a Wiki-Based Project

Fostering 21st Century Digital Literacy and Technical Competency ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2943-1.ch010 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 130-145

Author(s):

Dimitrios Roussinos ◽

Athanassios Jimoyiannis

Keyword(s):

Collaborative Learning ◽

First Year ◽

First Year Students ◽

First Semester ◽

Collaborative Tools ◽

Research Findings ◽

On Line ◽

University Course

Wikis are currently gaining in popularity in schools and higher education institutions and they are widely promoted as collaborative tools supporting students’ active learning. This paper reports on the investigation of university students’ beliefs and perceptions of a wiki authoring activity, designed to support blended and collaborative learning. The study was administered in the context of an authentic coursework project activity in a first semester university course on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), attended by 47 first year students. Research findings indicated that the students in the sample were generally positive about the collaborative experience offered through the wiki and the consequent learning outcomes. Students’ perceptions of the functionality and usability of the wiki environment were also positive. They considered the wiki as an effective and easy to use technology. In overall, they evaluated positively the wiki assignment, as well as the technical and learning support they received on-line, through the wiki pages, and by their instructors during the class sessions.

Political Campaigning in the Information Age - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology ◽

Relationship between Social Media and Political Parties

10.4018/978-1-4666-6062-5.ch001 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 1-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kamil Demirhan

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Political Parties ◽

New Technologies ◽

Social Actors ◽

Media Usage ◽

Communicative Functions ◽

The Social ◽

This chapter analyzes the capacity of social media usage and the social media strategies of political parties that became the members of Turkish Parliament after 2011 election. The social media usage increases in parallel to the improvements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and it becomes an important tool with its communicative functions to realize activities in social, political, and economic fields. In the globalization process, developments in ICTs and changes in the meaning of democracy have been realized parallel to each other. Politics has become more open to interaction and the participation of different actors. ICTs have created new opportunities to interaction and participation of social actors. These improvements require transformations in the role and functions of political parties. They have to arrange their programs and structures according to participative understanding of democracy and new technologies. Social media usage is seen as a requirement for political parties and party leaders for adaptation to these developments, and it is also seen as a device with its potential for realizing participation, communication, and interaction to adapt to the changes in the understanding of politics.