Beyond threaded discussion: Representational guidance in asynchronous collaborative learning environments

Beyond threaded discussion: Representational guidance in asynchronous collaborative learning environments

Although most online learning environments are predominately text based, researchers have argued that representational support for the conceptual structure of a problem would address problems of coherence and convergence that have been shown to be associated with threaded discussions and more effectively support collaborative knowledge construction. The study described in this paper sets out to...

Representational Guidance for Collaborative Learning

When people engage in conversations for learning or problem solving, they often reference and manipulate external (visual and textual) representations. Online, external representations take on additional importance because they are also the medium of communication. In this paper I highlight a few important aspects of the roles that external representations can play in the meaning-making activit...

Representational Guidance for Collaborative Inquiry

The Collaborative Learning in the e-Learning Environments

Introduction: The collaborative learning and interactive electronic-learning (e- learning) is one of the key factors in education system success. This study examined the collaborative e-learning in the framework of constructivism theory. Methods: This is a review article. The databases such as Scientific Information Databases, Magiran, Science Direct, and Google Scholar were reviewed. Also,...

Designing collaborative learning model in online learning environments

Introduction: Most online learning environments are challenging for the design of collaborative learning activities to achieve high-level learning skills. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to design and validate a model for collaborative learning in online learning environments. Methods: The research method used in this study was a mixed method, including qualitative content analysis and...