Paper Info
Title
Technology Use in CSCL: A Content Meta-Analysis
Abstract
This study examined technology use in Computer Support for Collaborative Learning (CSCL). A content meta-analysis of empirical CSCL research was carried out to address three research questions: (1) What kinds of technologies are being used in CSCL research, (2) What kinds of collaboration are supported, and (3) What are the contexts of technology supports (e.g., learning domains, educational levels, and pedagogical approaches)? Empirical CSCL studies were selected from seven leading journals of the field. Analyses of a random sample of these studies showed that CSCL applications typically embedded more than one technology in their environments with the most common technology being communication technology. Perhaps not surprisingly then, distributed collaboration was more frequently supported than face-to-face collaboration in CSCL applications. Analyses also showed that CSCL was carried out across a range of disciplines in a variety of pedagogical contexts. Based on the analyses, five different types of technological supports for collaborative learning are proposed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/HICSS.2010.364
HICSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
common technology,face to face collaboration,computer support for collaborative learning,technology use,pedagogical contexts,content meta-analysis,research question,communication technology,cscl research,random sample analyses,content meta analysis,content management,empirical cscl study,distributed collaboration,meta data,groupware,empirical cscl research,cscl application,face-to-face collaboration,computer aided instruction,collaborative learning,random sampling,collaboration,encoding,meta analysis
Computer support,Metadata,World Wide Web,Collaborative learning,Computer science,Collaborative software,Knowledge management,Information and Communications Technology,Distributed collaboration,Content management,Meta-analysis
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1530-1605 E-ISBN : 978-1-4244-5510-2
978-1-4244-5510-2
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.45
37
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Heisawn Jeong119728.27
Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver220840.77