Appropriate design of collaborative learning activities for students using 1:1 handheld devices can lead to peer scaffolding, building up students‟ collaborative skills. Building on such prior studies in mCSCL (mobile Computer Supported Collaborative Learning), we derived Chinese-PP, a novel design of in-class mobile synchronous collaborative learning game on constructions of Chinese characters...

An alternative theoretical framework for analyzing and designing computer-supported collaborative learning environments is introduced. Bateson’s theory (1973) is used as a starting point for considering in what sense the specific dialogical conditions and qualities of virtual environments may support learning. We need more stringent analytical approaches of research that relate communicative qu...

Ð Collaborative learning of visual information with computers can be particularly beneficial for acquiring complex and abstract knowledge. This article describes a computer-supported collaborative visual learning environment called TurtleGraph that was designed to assist learners in capturing the concept of recursion as well as recursive programming skills. In this distributed learning environm...

This paper deals with collaborative knowledge construction in videoconferencing. The main issue is about how to predict individual learning outcome, in particular how far individual prior knowledge and the collaborative knowledge construction can influence individual learning outcomes. In this context, the influence of prior knowledge and two measures of instructional support, a collaboration s...

This paper deals with collaborative knowledge construction in videoconferencing. The main issue is about how to predict individual learning outcome, in particular how far individual prior knowledge and the collaborative knowledge construction can influence individual learning outcomes. In this context, the influence of prior knowledge and two measures of instructional support, a collaboration s...

background and purpose: active learning, combined with computer-assisted instruction, can enhance medical students’ performance and learning. this article is an attempt to introduce a new web-based approach to information technology instruction for medical students. methods: eight topics were selected to be instructed in web-based workshops. phpbb forum was used for web-based collaborative lear...

This is an introduction to a special issue on computer-supported collaborative learning. 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is a dynamic area of research drawing upon a wide array of implementation tools, assessment methodologies, definitions of collaboration, as well as learning tasks, contacts and structures (Hadwin, Gress, Page, & Ross, 2...

Sharing the same philosophy of “relations matter” with computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL), social network analysis (SNA) has become a common methodology in CSCL research. In this research, I use SNA methods from relational ties, modes, and integrated perspectives to understand attributes relations CSCL. design, conduct, evaluate three analytics on dataset an online course entities...

The practice of integrating pedagogical approaches using multimedia technologies has become one the common interests in field English language teaching (ELT) recent years. This research study attempts at studying characteristics computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) tasks used for developing students' cognitive skills within CSCL approach context ELT higher secondary school education...