Exploring the foundations of practicing online collaboration
conference contribution
posted on 2003-01-01, 00:00authored byR Raitman, Wanlei Zhou, Paul Nicholson
In collaborative learning, instruction is learner-centered rather than teacher-centered and knowledge is viewed as a social construct, facilitated by peer interaction, evaluation and mutual support [1]. Such computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) enables and encourages learners to confer, reflect and help to develop meaningful learning in an environment where significant learning can be achieved through interactions supported by electronic communication and discourse [2]. This paper proposes a theory that supports educational collaboration in a peer-to-peer computing environment, thus blending the two disciplines.
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Title of proceedings
Proceedings of the Second Conference on Advances in Web-Based Learning