Possibilities of Computer-supported Collaborative Learning in Blended-learning

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

omputer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is an area of the learning sciences. It is concerned with studying how people can learn together with the help of computers. As we will see in this chapter, such a simple statement conceals considerable complexity. The interplay of learning with technology turns out to be quite intricate. The inclusion of collaboration, computer mediation and dist...

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

This article provides a summary of research and developments in the field of computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). We argue that the contribution of CSCL to vocational training comprises a set of ideas that actually prove relevant beyond CSCL to encompass the whole field of training technologies. Collaborative learning, with or without computers, is not a recipe that automatically l...

Epistemic and Social Scripts in Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Epistemic and Social Scripts in Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Epistemic and Social Scripts in Computer-supported Collaborative Learning

Collaborative learning in computer-supported learning environments typically means that learners work on tasks together, discussing their individual perspectives via text-based media or videoconferencing, and consequently acquire knowledge. Collaborative learning, however, is often sub-optimal with respect to how learners work on the concepts that are supposed to be learned and how learners int...

Teacher's Role in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning

Metafora is Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) software environment, funded by the EU commission, and currently under development. Its aim is to support collaborative learning in mathematics and science fusing several advanced technological and pedagogical ideas. The software will include a tool for the students to plan their activities, a tool with space for argumentative discuss...

Essays in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning