Computer Support for Knowledge-Building Communities

Computer Support for Knowledge-Building Communities

Computer Support for Building Collaborative Knowledge

Innovative uses of global and local networks of linked computers make new ways of collaborative working, learning, and acting possible. In Group Cognition Gerry Stahl explores the technological and social reconfigurations that are needed to achieve computer-supported collaborative knowledge building—group cognition that transcends the limits of individual cognition. Computers can provide active...

Designing Smart Knowledge Building Communities

Knowledge building communities (KBCs) are environments where learning is continually occurring as a social process, and the collective knowledge base is gradually being expanded upon. Knowledge accessible to all members is produced in collaborative discourse, along with the development and the use of conceptual artifacts. This theoretical contribution discusses the possibilities to foster and d...

ConnexionsTM Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities

Connexions is a community-driven approach to authoring, teaching, and learning that conveys the dynamic continuum of knowledge. Available free of charge to anyone and under open content and open source licenses, Connexions hosts a Content Commons of electronic course material that is adaptable to a wide range of learning styles and encourages students to explore the links among concepts, course...

Group cognition: Computer support for building collaborative knowledge - By Gerry Stahl

Innovative uses of global and local networks of linked computers make new ways of collaborative working, learning, and acting possible. In Group Cognition Gerry Stahl explores the technological and social reconfigurations that are needed to achieve computer-supported collaborative knowledge building—group cognition that transcends the limits of individual cognition. Computers can provide active...