Techniques for fostering collaboration in online learning communities [electronic resource] : theoretical and practical perspectives / Francesca Pozzi and Donatella Persico, editors.
Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.Description: electronic texts (339 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:- 9781616929008 (e-book)
- Internet in education
- Web-based instruction
- Interactive multimedia
- Distance education -- Computer-assisted instruction
- Professional learning communities
- Instructional systems -- Design
- Collaborative problem solving by content schemes
- Computer-interpretable CSCL scripts
- CSCL pedagogical patterns
- Design blended activities
- Role play and team teaching
- Socialization in web-based learning environments
- Structuring and e-tutoring in virtual learning
- Supporting successful online learning communities
- Virtual 3D worlds
- Web 2.0 tools
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- LB1044.87 .T43 2011e
- Also available in print.

Includes bibliographical references.
1. Task, teams and time / Francesca Pozzi, Donatella Persico -- 2. Supporting virtual collaborative learning using collaboration scripts and content schemes / Birgitta Kopp, Heinz Mandl -- 3. Fostering collaborative problem solving by content schemes / Kathrin Helling, Bernhard Ertl -- 4. Using and acquiring shared and unshared knowledge in collaborative learning and writing / Aemilian Hron, Ulrike Cress, Sieglinde Neudert -- 5. Blending educational models to design blended activities / M. Ligorio, F. Loperfido, Nadia Sansone, Paola Spadaro -- 6. Models and strategies to support students' initial socialization in Web-based learning environments / Stefania Manca, Luca Vanin -- 7. Testing strategies to enhance online student collaboration in a problem-based learning activity / Lisa Lobry de Bruyn -- 8. Considerations for effective collaborative practice / Donna McGhie-Richmond, Eileen Winter -- 9. Using the four lenses of critical reflection to promote collaboration and support creative adaptations of Web 2.0 tools in an online environment / Katia Gonz�alez-Acquaro, Stephen Preskill -- 10. Using role play and team teaching as strategies to add depth to online discussion / Ron Lombard, Barbara Biglan -- 11. Employing collaborative learning strategies and tools for engaging university students in collaborative study and writing / Thanasis Daradoumis, Maria Kordaki --
12. The role of CSCL pedagogical patterns as mediating artefacts for repurposing open educational resources / Gr�ainne Conole, Patrick McAndrew, Yannis Dimitriadis -- 13. Teaching routines to enhance collaboration using classroom network technology / Angela DeBarger, William Penuel, Christopher Harris, Patricia Schank -- 14. Assessing the performance of learners engaged in computer-supported collaborative problem-solving activities / Symeon Retalis, Ourania Petropoulou, Georgia Lazakidou -- 15. Implementing computer-interpretable CSCL scripts with embedded assessment / Eloy Villasclaras-Fern�andez, Juan Asensio-P�erez, Davinia Hern�andez-Leo, Yannis Dimitriadis, Luis de la Fuente-Valent�in, Alejandra Mart�inez-Mon�es -- 16. The support of virtual 3D worlds for enhancing collaboration in learning settings / Christian G�utl -- 17. From active reading to active dialogue / Cindy Xin, Geoffrey Glass, Andrew Feenberg, Eva Bures, Phil Abrami -- 18. Modeling, enacting, sharing and reusing online collaborative pedagogy with CeLS / Miky Ronen, Dan Kohen-Vacs.
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"This book provides a focused assessment of the peculiarities of online collaborative learning processes by looking at the strategies, methods, and techniques used to support and enhance debate and exchange among peers"--Provided by publisher.
Also available in print.
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Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed Nov. 15, 2010).