Techniques for Fostering Collaboration in Online Learning Communities: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Francesca Pozzi, Donatella Persico

• Publisher: Information Science Publishing
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 424
• Series: Premier Reference Source
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Collaboration is, to date, extensively adopted for supporting learning processes, both in face-to-face and in virtual learning contexts. However, technology profoundly changes the nature of human interactions and, consequently, also changes the nature of the collaborative learning process, yielding a range of new potentialities and problems. Techniques for Fostering Collaboration in Online Learning Communities: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives provides a focused assessment of the peculiarities of online collaborative learning processes by looking at the strategies, methods, and techniques used to support and enhance debate and exchange among peers. Offering an extensive discussion of the design, management, monitoring, and evaluation of learning processes, this work reviews issues from both a theoretical and practical viewpoint and includes methodological contributions as well as perspectives on real experiences.

✦ Table of Contents

Title
......Page 2
List of Reviewers......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 18
Acknowledgment......Page 26
Task, Teams and Time: Three Ts to Structure CSCL Processes......Page 28
Supporting Virtual Collaborative Learning Using Collaboration Scripts and Content Schemes......Page 42
Fostering Collaborative Problem Solving by Content Schemes......Page 60
Using and Acquiring Shared and Unshared Knowledge in Collaborative Learning and Writing......Page 76
Blending Educational Models to Design Blended Activities......Page 91
Models and Strategies to Support Students’ Initial Socialization in Web-Based Learning Environments......Page 109
Testing Strategies to Enhance Online Student Collaboration in a Problem-Based Learning Activity......Page 126
Considerations for Effective Collaborative Practice: A Reflection on the use of Case Studies in On-Line Teacher Education Learning Spaces......Page 151
Using the Four Lenses of Critical Reflection to Promote Collaboration and Support Creative Adaptations of Web 2.0 Tools in an Online Environment......Page 173
Using Role Play and Team Teaching as Strategies to Add Depth to Online Discussion......Page 191
Employing Collaborative Learning Strategies and Tools for Engaging University Students in Collaborative Study and Writing......Page 210
The Role of CSCL Pedagogical Patterns as Mediating Artefacts for Repurposing Open Educational Resources......Page 233
Teaching Routines to Enhance Collaboration Using Classroom Network Technology......Page 251
Assessing the Performance of Learners Engaged in Computer-Supported Collaborative Problem-Solving Activities......Page 272
Implementing Computer-Interpretable CSCL Scripts with Embedded Assessment: A Pattern Based Design Approach......Page 288
The Support of Virtual 3D Worlds for Enhancing Collaboration in Learning Settings......Page 305
From Active Reading to Active Dialogue: An Investigation of Annotation-Enhanced Online Discussion Forums......Page 327
Modeling, Enacting, Sharing and Reusing Online Collaborative Pedagogy with CeLS......Page 346
Compilation of References......Page 367
About the Contributors......Page 410
Index......Page 419