Collaborative Learning, Reasoning, And Technology

by O'Donnell, Angela M.; Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E.; Erkens, Gijsbert; Collins, Allan M.

• ISBN13: 9780805847789
• ISBN10: 0805847782
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-07
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

This volume presents research findings on the use of technology to support learning and reasoning in collaborative contexts. Featuring a variety of theoretical perspectives, ranging from sociocultural to social psychological to information processing views, Collaborative Learning, Reasoning, and Technology includes an international group of authors well known for their contributions to research on technology learning environments. Two themes are central: the use of technology as a scaffold for learning, and the use of technology to promote argumentation and reasoning. Collaboration among peers is a key element in both of these strands. These foci highlight, respectively, a key element in the design of technology-based learning environments and a key outcome that can result from online instruction/learning. As a whole, the volume addresses some of the core issues in using technology to support collaborative learning, reasoning, and argumentation.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	ix
List of Contributors	xi
Introduction: Learning with Technology	1	(14)
Angela M. O'Donnell
A Developmental Perspective on Virtual Scaffolding for Learning in Home and School Contexts	15	(22)
Richard De Lisi
Fostering Knowledge-Creating Communities	37	(24)
Katherine Bielaczyc
Allan Collins
Enabling Participants in Online Forums to Learn from Each Other	61	(38)
Marcia C. Linn
James D. Slotta
Virtual Reflection: What Teachers Say (and Don't Say) Online About Their Practice	99	(28)
Susan Williams
Gwendolyn Kelly
Collaborative Discovery Learning Based on Computer Simulation	127	(20)
Chen Qi
Jianwei Zhang
Design Principles for Scaffolding Technology-Based Inquiry	147	(24)
Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver
eStep as a Case of Theory-Based Web Course Design	171	(26)
Sharon J. Derry
Collaboration in Computer Conferencing	197	(36)
Jerry Andriessen
Planning and Coordinating Activities in Collaborative Learning	233	(32)
Gijsbert Erkens
Maaike Prangsma
Jos Jasper
Historical Reasoning in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environment	265	(32)
Jannet van Drie
Carla van Boxtel
J. L. van der Linden
Effects of Collaboration and Argumentation on Learning From Web Pages	297	(26)
Jennifer Wiley
Jeannine Bailey
Collaborative Learning Through Electronic Knowledge Construction in Academic Education	323	(32)
Arja Veerman
Else Veldhuis-Diermanse
Learning to Argue	355	(30)
Clark A. Chinn
Index	385