Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques

The power of feedback.

Emotion and Adaptation

A wide variety of media can be used in learning, including distance learning, such as print, lectures, conference sections, tutors, pictures, video, sound, and computers. Any one instance of distance learning will make choices among these media, perhaps using several.

Multimedia in Learning

Individualism and collectivism

Chapter headings: Towards an Interdisciplinary Learning Science (P. Reimann, H. Spada). A Cognitive Psychological Approach to Learning (S. Vosniadou). Learning to Do and Learning to Understand: A Lesson and a Challenge for Cognitive Modeling (S. Ohlsson). Machine Learning: Case Studies of an Interdisciplinary Approach (W. Emde). Mental and Physical Artifacts in Cognitive Practices (R. Saljo). Learning Theory and Instructional Science (E. De Corte). Knowledge Representation Changes in Humans and Machines (L. Saitta and Task Force 1). Multi-Objective Learning with Multiple Representations (M. Van Someren, P. Reimann). Order Effects in Incremental Learning (P. Langley). Situated Learning and Transfer (H. Gruber et al.). The Evolution of Research on Collaborative Learning (P. Dillenbourg et al.). A Developmental Case Study on Sequential Learning: The Day-Night Cycle (K. Morik, S. Vosniadou). Subject index. Author index.

Learning in Humans and Machines : Towards an Interdisciplinary Learning Science

Effective collaboration in computer-mediated settings among spatially distributed people is a precondition for success in many new learning and working contexts but it is hard to achieve. We have developed two instructional approaches to improve collaboration in such settings by promoting people's capabilities to collaborate in a fruitful way and furthering their understanding of what characterizes good collaboration. The rationale is that strategies necessary for a good and effective computer-mediated collaboration may be conveyed to people by exposing them to an elaborated worked-out collaboration example (observational learning) or by giving them the opportunity to learn from scripted collaborative problem-solving. An experimental study was conducted that compared learning from observing a worked-out collaboration example with the learning effects of scripted collaborative problem-solving, the effects of unscripted collaborative problem-solving, and a control condition without a learning phase. The exp...

Learning to Collaborate: An Instructional Approach to Promoting Collaborative Problem Solving in Computer-Mediated Settings

The analysis of the process of collaboration is a central topic in current CSCL research. However, defining process characteristics relevant for collaboration quality and developing instruments capable of assessing these characteristics are no trivial tasks. In the assessment method presented in this paper, nine qualitatively defined dimensions of collaboration are rated quantitatively: sustaining mutual understanding, dialogue management, information pooling, reaching consensus, task division, time management, technical coordination, reciprocal interaction, and individual task orientation. The data basis for the development of these dimensions was taken from a study in which students of psychology and medicine collaborated on a complex patient case via a desktop-videoconferencing system. A qualitative content analysis was performed on a sample of transcribed collaboration dialogue. The insights from this analysis were then integrated with theoretical considerations about the roles of communication, joint information processing, coordination, interpersonal relationship, and motivation in the collaboration process. The resulting rating scheme was applied to process data from a new sample of 40 collaborating dyads. Based on positive findings on inter-rater reliability, consistency, and validity from this evaluation, we argue that the new method can be recommended for use in different areas of CSCL.

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A rating scheme for assessing the quality of computer-supported collaboration processes

The Active Integration of Information during Learning with Dynamic and Interactive Visualisations

What are the barriers in computer-mediated communication for cooperative learning and work? Based on empirical research, the chapters of this book offer different perspectives on the nature and causes of such barriers for students and researchers in the field.

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Hans Spada

Papers

Learning in Humans and Machines : Towards an Interdisciplinary Learning Science

Learning to Collaborate: An Instructional Approach to Promoting Collaborative Problem Solving in Computer-Mediated Settings

A rating scheme for assessing the quality of computer-supported collaboration processes

The Active Integration of Information during Learning with Dynamic and Interactive Visualisations

Barriers and Biases in Computer-Mediated Knowledge Communication