Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is often based on written argumentative discourse of learners, who discuss their perspectives on a problem with the goal to acquire knowledge. Lately, CSCL research focuses on the facilitation of specific processes of argumentative knowledge construction, e.g., with computer-supported collaboration scripts. In order to refine process-oriented ins...

BACKGROUND Constructivist approaches to learning focus on learning environments in which students have the opportunity to construct knowledge themselves, and negotiate this knowledge with others. Discovery learning and collaborative learning are examples of learning contexts that cater for knowledge construction processes. We introduce a computer-based learning environment in which the two form...

The definition of appropriate interaction analysis methods is a major research topic in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Analysis methods can be totally or partially supported by computer-based tools that provide for better and more efficient analysis processes. The current research in this field shows that most interaction analysis tools have been based on unstable prototypes, and ar...

There has been an increasing interest in the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in problem-based learning. One line of research has been to introduce synchronous, or simultaneous, communication attempting to create text-based digital real-time interaction. Compared with face-to-face (F2F) communication, CMC may be a poorer medium regarding coordination of the activity. Still, we are i...

The major concern of teaching computer programming in higher education is to provide students
 with the skills necessary integrate theory and practice. One methods most suited for this task project-based collaborative learning (PBCL). This study provides an in-depth analysis students’ experiences, levels collaboration challenges a PBCL setting. A survey 428 students was selected from popul...

background: learning management system (lms) is a web-based system designed to support teaching and learning at an institution. the capabilities of any lms are required to be evaluated to detect the room for improvement. this study aimed at discovering the students’ perceptions of the functions of the lms at iran university of medical sciences (iums).   methods: this qualitative study included ...

this paper presents a control model of the hydroforming and the dual hydroforming process of atube. the theoretical part includes calculations to measure the change in tube thickness through thedeveloped process. the hydroforming and the dual hydroforming processes are simulated in thesolidsimulation software and the static and the dynamic simulations are modeled. theobtained results for the t-...