文档介绍：Collaborative learning puter-munication in academic education
Arja Veerman1 & Else Veldhuis-Diermanse2
TNO-Human Factors, Soesterberg1
Wageningen University, Wageningen2
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Abstract
In this paper, we assess collaborative learning facilitated puter-munication (CMC) systems in academic education. We examine collaborative learning as a process of knowledge construction. We present four studies that all took place as part of an academic course, in which students had to work collaboratively plex tasks by the use of a CMC system. The four studies involved different tasks, students, tutors and CMC systems. In each study, we analysed how students constructed knowledge together and we related these findings to some main factors in the educational context: the role of the student, peer-student, tutor or moderator, and characteristics of the CMC systems used. The results showed that effective use of educational technology to support collaborative learning in academic education relates to these factors, including the modes munication in asynchronous and synchronous CMC systems. Besides the need for more transparent and user-friendly CMC systems, asynchronous media can provide student groups with more options to think and reflect on information, anise and keep track of discussions and to engage in large-group p