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by Neville Ellis last modified 2009-10-30 17:05

Examples & Case Studies of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Collaborative Learning Online
This online resource discusses the theory of collaborative learning.  In addition it provides examples of collaborative learning, guidelines to getting started, resources and tips in using ICT to facilitate collaborative learning methods in the classroom.

http://www.socsci.flinders.edu.au/flexed/innovations/ (retrieved 2 Mach, 2009)

Edumall. Teaching and Learning. ICT Integration.

This website has been developed by the Ministry of Education, Singapore.  It contains instructional strategies that will help teachers integrate ICT into their lessons and project work.  It also provides exciting ideas on how ICT can be utilised to bring about engaged learning in the classroom.
http://moeuxwp03.moe.gov.sg/edumall/tl/it_integration.htm
(retrieved March 5, 2009)


Knowledge Forum

Knowledge Forum has been created to support knowledge building pedagogies, practices and research and is considered the first networked system designed for collaborative learning.  The site facilitates collaborative knowledge-building strategies, textual and graphical representation of ideas, and reorganization of knowledge artifacts.  Any number of individuals and groups can share information, launch collaborative investigations, and build networks of new ideas together.
http://www.knowledgeforum.com/
(Retrieved June 22, 2009)


LeMill
This web site serves as a community site and resource of information for practitioners (teachers), researchers and school administrators in the Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) field. There are reusable learning content resources, descriptions of teaching and learning methods, and descriptions of teaching and learning tools.
http://lemill.net/
(Retrieved June 22, 2009)


The Virtual Math Teams (VMT) Project
The Math Forum and Drexel University in the USA, have formed a centre for the study of collaboration in virtual communities. Its initial project, the Virtual Math Teams Project, explores formation and support of online small groups of students engaging in collaborative math problem solving.
http://www.cis.drexel.edu/faculty/gerry/vmt/
(Retrieved June 22, 2009)


Georgia Institute of Technology
Researchers from the College of Computing seek to understand and improve learning environments in classrooms, homes, workplaces, and other virtual and physical communities. This site provides links to a variety of projects, including “collaborative Dynabooks”, computer-supported constructionist learning and computer support for online communities. 
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/projects/LST/index.htm
(Retrieved June 22, 2009)


Computer-supported collaborative learning in primary, secondary and vocational education
This project has explored the effectiveness of Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Networks in creating a community of learners who use educational technology to build knowledge together through learning environments. The project studied both teachers and students in five countries (Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, and The Netherlands).
http://www.pjb.co.uk/npl/bp31.htm
(Retrieved June 22, 2009)


Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Social Creativity: A Case Study of Fashion Design

This study focuses on an exploration of how the communicative practices in a CSCL environment promote social creativity.
http://jiito.org/articles/JIITOv3p017-039Ma453.pdf
(Retrieved June 22, 2009)


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