LFU:online

Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft

Norman Philip Friesen, PhD Norman Philip Friesen, PhD

603053

Exploring Collaborative Learning Environments - A Canadian Perspective

KU 2

Block

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Englisch

Students will gain an understanding of the practicalities and research approaches associated with online learning environments used for educational collaboration and communication. Special emphasis will be given to asynchronous „discussion“ forums, and the ways that they have been studied by Canadian researchers.

Collaborative learning environments have been developed and conceptualized in Canadian scholarship as "online classrooms,” "learning networks," “communities of inquiry” and "knowledge building environments," to name but a few examples. Focusing especially on text-based discussion forums, this course will provide an overview of this research and development activity, emphasizing its passage from experimental beginnings to widespread implementation. Emphasis will also be placed on the different research methods and preconceptions, as well as the strengths and weakenesses that these research orientations bring with them.

Die TeilnehmerInnenzahl ist auf 25 Personen begrenzt. Kurzvorträge, Reflexions- und Übungsaufgaben, Diskussion, internetbasiertes Lernen. Der erste Teil wird vom LV-Leiter gestaltet, in der weiteren Folge werden studentische Kurzpräsentationen (einzeln oder in kleinen Gruppen) diskutiert

Verbindliche Teilnahme, schriftliche Bearbeitung eines ausgewaehlten Textes im Unfang von ca. 4-6 Seiten samt Kurzpraesentation (Handout). Verbindliche Teilnahme, auch beim Internet-basierten Lernen.

Selected Readings (subject to revision): Harasim, et. al. (1995). Chapter 1 from Learning Networks. „Learning Networks: An Introduction.“ Feenberg, A. (1989) A User’s Guide to the Pragmatics of Computer Mediated Communication. Semiotica. 75, 257-278. Rourke, et. al. Assessing Social Presence In Asynchronous Text-based Computer Conferencing. International Review of Distance Learning http://cade.athabascau.ca/vol14.2/rourke_et_al.html Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (2003). Knowledge building. In Encyclopedia of Education (2nd ed., pp. 1370-1373). New York: Macmillan Reference, USA. http://ikit.org/fulltext/2003_knowledge_building.pdf Friesen, N. Interoperability in Asynchronous Collaborative Learning Forums. http://www.learningspaces.org/n/papers/ACLF.pdf Rourke, L. (2006). Computer Conferencing And Distance Learning: Distance Learning, Computer Conferencing, Higher Education, E-Learning. The Handbook of Computer Networks

This course will be taught largely in English. Assignments and presentations can be provided in either German or English.
Beginn: 12.05.2006 Anmeldung online