Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) combines social learning with digital tools. This lesson introduces what CSCL is, how the field developed, and the theories that explain how groups build knowledge.
Computer-supported collaborative learning is a pedagogical approach in which people learn through social interaction using computers or the Internet. Participants share ideas and construct knowledge together, using technology as a means of communication or as a common resource.
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What is computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL)?
Learning through social interaction in which technology supports communication or shared knowledge construction.
What is internalization in Vygotsky's theory?
The development of knowledge through interaction with the surrounding culture and society.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
Tasks a learner cannot yet manage alone but can accomplish with guidance from a more skilled person.
What does collaboration theory examine?
How people dynamically construct knowledge through social interaction, discourse, and shared artifacts.
What is group cognition?
Thinking and meaning-making studied at the small-group level.
Quiz questions
What is the central feature of computer-supported collaborative learning?Answer: Learners build knowledge through social interaction supported by technology.
At which event was the term “computer-supported collaborative learning” used in 1989?Answer: A NATO-sponsored workshop
In Salomon's distinction, what is an effect with technology?Answer: A change in performance that occurs during a technology-supported activity.
Why can online collaboration support second-language learning?Answer: It gives learners opportunities to use the target language for authentic purposes.