Assessment can be seen as the engine that drives student course activity, online or off. It is particularly important in encouraging and shaping collaborative activity online. This paper discusses three sorts of online collaborative activity—collaborative discussion, small group collaboration, and collaborative exams. In each of these areas, it provides both theoretical grounding and practical ...

This paper characterizes collaborative learning systems and identifies some of the dimensions of collaborative learning research. Overview Collaborative learning deals with instructional methods that seek to promote learning through collaborative efforts among students working on a given learning task. Computer Supported Collaborative learning (CSCL) delivers a collaborative environment that de...

This paper characterizes collaborative learning systems and identifies some of the dimensions of collaborative learning research. Overview Collaborative learning deals with instructional methods that seek to promote learning through collaborative efforts among students working on a given learning task. Computer Supported Collaborative learning (CSCL) delivers a collaborative environment that de...

Measuring the collaboration in collaborative learning scenarios is important for assessment and research purposes. This paper describes the methodology developed in the Open University of Israel (OUI) to measure collaboration among students in wikis. It opens with an overview of the methods used to measure collaboration in Wikipedia, proceeds with explaining why these methods are not suitable e...

Having witnessed the unexplored potential of co-located group collaboration in contemporary museums, the proposed research aims to identify which elements of collaborative virtual environments and serious games can be leveraged for an enhanced learning experience. Our hypothesis is that synchronous, co-located, group collaboration will afford greater learning compared to the conventional approa...

Collaborative e-learning is based on a model where knowledge is created through interaction between members that interact by sharing experiences and knowledge. Linked Open Data (LOD) allow to link data with other related data in which people are interested. As a practical approach we introduce a system where is built cultural heritage knowledge from collaboration between open data published by ...

Mobile technology opens up opportunities for collaborative learning in otherwise remote contexts outside the classroom. A successful realization of these opportunities relies, however, on mobile learning activities providing adequate collaboration structures. This article presents an empirical study aimed at examining the role played by mobile devices, teachers and task structures as a means fo...

Research on collaboration and collaborative learning (CL) has a much longer history than ICT use for learning and collaboration. The emergence of CSCL has brought new possibilities and practices to CL, and facilitated advances in theories of socially constituted learning. The first CSCL tools were products from academic research, often underpinned by theories of collaborative learning. However,...

Collaboration is acknowledged as a key element of learning. Thus, it is valuable to develop Information and Communication Technology applications that, being implemented on proper devices, can support collaborative learning. Large multi-touch displays appear to encourage collaboration by offering users a shared environment to act upon. However, little knowledge is available on the actual influe...

Due to the rapid progress of information technology and the Internet generation of students now on campus, game-based learning (GBL) has become an important issue with regard to education. In addition, in an increasingly competitive work environment, students need to cultivate not only their own abilities, but also the ability to collaborate with colleagues after graduation. However, such colla...