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Computer Supported Collaborative Learing (CSCL)

Koschmann [19] is the first person who research about CSCL. There are two fields of study related in research area, which are ‘cognitive and learning’ and technologies, so CSCL is the part of these fields of study. The first workshop was in 1991 by Koshmann and the first conference was in 1995 at Bloomington, Indiana. This conference talked about inspiration of CSCL and what Computer-supported Cooperative Work (CSCW, which is a sibling of CSCL) was.

Collaboration is the one of interaction that coordinated activities and the result is for sharing ideas and constructing a solution to solve the problems. Collaboration can be defined as a process of participating in knowledge communities and make students be a part of knowledge communities [19]. There are three features of interactions that can make participants reach the goal of collaboration from Crook in 1998. The first feature is the relationships, which include physical and emotional, relationship between participants. The second feature is the external resource, which is computer. The computer is the media that shares the learning environment among participants. The last feature is histories of interactive activities. The basic idea of collaboration is based on human activities and it will help the members work together and accept each other.It supports all levels of education from education through graduate.

Definition of CSCL

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) [1] is a branch of the learning sciences concerned, which study how people can learn together with the help of computers. We study CSCL to gain deeper understanding about collaborative learning and why computer is important with collaborative learning. CSCL is focus on how collaborative learning by technology-supported can enhances the peer learning in the community. CSCL also focus on how technologies and knowledge simply sharing in the group members.

History

The advantage of CSCL is that it can be supported with various ideas and computer applications. There are four kinds of interactions: interaction as computer, interaction around computer, interactions related to computer application, and interaction through computer [3]. There are interaction situations that need to be interactive, such as face-to-face interaction. The meaning of this interaction can be sent through the language dialogs, facial expressions, and body gestures [3].

However, CSCL’ s learning environment was lack of these interactions, so there are the biggest limitation in CSCL that it cannot solve the problems of different cultures and personalities. The main benefit of computer-based learning is that student can take time to reflect their own and other’s ideas.

Benefits

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The goal CSCL is to create a flexible learning environment, and generate knowledge that is not bound by the learning situations [2]. CSCL can improve learner’s skills like creative and social interaction. The benefit of the Internet is connecting people together. Individual learning and learning in school was slowly changed since 1990[1]. The history of group learning begins long before CSCL was defined, so the different between group learning and CSCL is cooperation and collaboration. Cooperation aims for student to work and solve the problem individually. However, collaboration focuses on working together among learners according to Roschelle&Teasley’s definition [1]. To reach the goal of CSCL, the research on collaborative learning suggested that the technological materials, e.g. computer, support efficient learning. There are two reasons that computers are essential in CSCL. According to recording and analyzing of a research [1], the first reason is that computer retains the process of learning with greater detail for much longer period than conventional laboratory-based learning studies. The other reason is that computer facilitates the design requirements of CSCL, which are thinking visible, team working, and modifiable by the participation learners.

Goals of CSCL

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Reference:

Stahl, G., Koschmann, T., &Suthers, D. (2006). Computer-supported collaborative learning: An historical perspective. In R. K. Sawyer (Ed.), Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences (pp. 409-426). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
R. Andrews, Caroline H., 2007, The SAGE Handbook of E-learning Research, SAGE Publications Ltd, London,248-250
LasseLipponen, 2002, “Exploring foundations for computer-supported collaborative learning”, Retrived from [gerrystahl.net/cscl/CSCL_English.pdf]

Last Updated: 22/01/2014