Technology-enhanced learning communities on a continuum between ambient to designed: What can we learn by synthesizing multiple research perspectives?

Yael Kali, Iris Tabak, Dani Ben-Zvi, Adi Kidron, Meital Amzalag, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari, Sarit Barzilai, Uzi Brami, Oshra Duek, Nelly Elias, Carmel Kent, Esther Laslo, Keren S. Levy, Sheizaf Rafaeli, Tali Tal, Patrice L. Tamar Weiss, Christopher Hoadley, Paul A. Kirschner

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Abstract

This symposium brings together the theoretical and practical tools of scientists in both the social and educational sciences in order to examine the types of interaction, knowledge construction, social organization and power structures that: (a) occur spontaneously in technology-enhanced learning communities or (b) can be created by design. We refer to these, respectively, as the study of ambient, naturally occurring, environments, and of designed environments. We present a set of seven studies that demonstrate the strong potential for the cross-fostering of ideas between educational scientists, who focus on the interventionist design-based study of learning, and social scientists, who focus on the analytic study of ambient social interaction and knowledge construction. Each study demonstrates specific insights regarding lessons that can be learned from the ambient to the designed arena, and vice versa, using lenses that integrate our various disciplinary research perspectives.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationExploring the Material Conditions of Learning
Subtitle of host publicationComputer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference 2015, CSCL 2015 - Conference Proceedings
EditorsOskar Lindwall, Paivi Hakkinen, Timothy Koschmann, Pierre Tchounikine, Sten Ludvigsen
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages615-622
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9780990355076
StatePublished - 2015
Event11th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning: Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning, CSCL 2015 - Gothenburg, Sweden
Duration: Jun 7 2015Jun 11 2015

Publication series

NameComputer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
Volume2
ISSN (Print)1573-4552

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning: Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning, CSCL 2015
Country/TerritorySweden
CityGothenburg
Period6/7/156/11/15

Keywords

  • Design
  • Learning communities
  • Networked society
  • Technology-enhanced learning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Education

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