COLLAGE: a collaborative Learning Design editor based on patterns

Hernández-Leo, Davinia; Villasclaras Fernandez, Eloy D.; Asensio-Pérez, Juan I.; Dimitriadis, Yannis; Jorrín-Abellán, Iván; Ruiz-Requies, Inés and Rubia-Avi, Bartolomé (2006). COLLAGE: a collaborative Learning Design editor based on patterns. Educational Technology & Society, 9(1) pp. 58–71.

Abstract

CSCL (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning) constitutes a significant field that has drawn the attention of many researchers and practitioners (Dillenbourg, 2002). This domain is characterized by the coexistence of very different expectations, requirements, knowledge and interests posed by both collaborative learning practitioners and experts in information and communication technologies. In other words, CSCL is an intrinsically interdisciplinary field that implies a need for mutual understanding among the implied stakeholders. This need demands the active participation of all these stakeholders during the whole development cycle of CSCL solutions. Participatory Design (PD) approaches (Muller & Kuhn, 1993) propose a diversity of theories, practices, etc. with the goal of working directly with users and other stakeholders in the design of social systems. That is, PD methodologies define processes where users and developers work together during a certain period of time, while they identify the requirements of an application. In the CSCL case, it has been shown that it is not efficient enough to simply perform the identification and analysis of requirements for the development of CSCL solutions that support effective ways of learning. Collaborative learning practitioners also become active players in the process of customizing technological solutions to their particular needs in every learning situation. PD poses a new requirement that CSCL developers should tackle: how to obtain technological solutions for collaborative learning capable of being particularized/customized by practitioners that usually do not have technological skills.

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  • Item ORO ID
  • 36024
  • Item Type
  • Journal Item
  • ISSN
  • 1436-4522
  • Project Funding Details
  • Funded Project NameProject IDFunding Body
    Not SetEAC/61/03/GR009e-Learning TELL project
    Not SetISTFP6-507838Kaleidoscope NoE
    Not SetTIC-2002-04258-C03-02Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology
    Not SetVA009A05Autonomous Government of Castilla and León
  • Keywords
  • IMS-LD; CSCL; learning flow; patterns; authoring tool
  • Academic Unit or School
  • Institute of Educational Technology (IET)
  • Copyright Holders
  • © 2006 International Forum of Educational Technology & Society (IFETS)
  • Depositing User
  • Eloy Villasclaras Fernandez

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