Twenty years of CSCL

Reflecting on 20 years of CSCL research
from NATO adv research workshop 1989 to Computer supported collaborative learning CSCL 2009

Strands of research

Shared representations – conceptual change in science

ESRC-funded; representations tomediate the learning of children learning science

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119352864/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=118202

Ambientwood project

Use of a range ofmedia to take readings in a wood, working in pairs, mobile devices and a probe

http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/research/groups/interact/projects/Equator/ambient_wood.htm

Personal Inquiryproject – ESRC-funded

Joint collaborationbetween OU and Nottingham

Use of mobile devices,doing real practical science

http://www.pi-project.ac.uk/

Shared ARKproject