Collaborative learning patterns: assisting the development of component-based CSCL applications

Asensio, J.I.; Dimitriadis, Yannis; Heredia, M.; Martínez, Alejandra; Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Álvarez; Blasco, Maria; Osuna, Cesar

doi:10.1109/empdp.2004.1271448

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“…These dictate common ways of structuring interactions among participants in different collaborative learning activities, as well as the types of information they exchange [12]. They are particularly significant because they dictate the structure of collaboration scripts, which could eventually be reused in different collaborative learning scenarios.…”

Section: Collaborative Learning Patterns As the Basis Formentioning

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Towards Reusability and Tailorability in Collaborative Learning Systems using IMS-LD and Grid Services

Bote‐Lorenzo¹,

Hernández‐Leo²,

Dimitriadis³

et al. 2004

Advanced Technology for Learning

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CSCL applications are complex distributed systems that pose special requirements for achieving success in educational settings. Flexible and efficient design of collaborative activities by educators is a key precondition of providing CSCL-tailorable systems, capable of adapting to the needs of each particular learning environment.Furthermore, some parts of those CSCL systems should be reused as often as possible in order to reduce development costs. In addition, it may be necessary to employ special hardware devices, computational resources that reside in other organizations, or even exceed the possibilities of one specific organization. Therefore, the proposal of this article is twofold: collecting collaborative learning designs (scripting) provided by educators, based on well-known best practices (collaborative learning flow patterns) in a standard way (IMS-LD) in order to guide the tailoring of CSCL systems by selecting and integrating reusable CSCL software units; and implementing those units in the form of grid services offered by third-party providers. More specifically, this article outlines a grid-based CSCL system having these features and illustrates its potential scope and applicability by means of a sample collaborative learning scenario.

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Section: Collaborative Learning Patterns As the Basis Formentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Reusability and Tailorability in Collaborative Learning Systems using IMS-LD and Grid Services

Bote‐Lorenzo¹,

Hernández‐Leo²,

Dimitriadis³

et al. 2004

Advanced Technology for Learning

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“…The first group would be referenced as g [1] and second would be g [2] and so on. Participant number 3 at group 4 would be referenced as g [4].3 .…”

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“…It describes the nature of activities, roles associated with these activities and also the environment that is needed to support such activities [2]. Careful planning of collaboration session is essential to generate productive outcomes especially within virtual environment [3].…”

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ColScript a New Scripting Language for Collaborative Learning

Turani¹

2015

Int. J. Adv. Corp. Learn.

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Abstract-The collaboration script is defined as a formal way of describing the flow of activities within a collaborative learning session. Using collaboration script would encourage the production of effective and productive interactions between learners. Nevertheless, developing such script is not a trivial task. Standardization has played a major role in the expansion of instructional designs, but at the same time it limited down the flexibility of describing collaboration sessions that have complex structures. Representing a collaboration script in XML-tags format works well when scripting simple scenarios, but to describe extended scenarios it would make this scripting style very challenging and complicated. This approach causes users to avoid designing heavy weight scenarios and limits down their creativity. Relying on tools to implicitly generate such script would also limit down designers' creativity since designers can only choose from a limited set of tools and design components.In this research, we have defined the bases of a new collaboration scripting language, CoScript, that is able to describe collaboration learning sessions in a simple, flexible, and formal way. This scripting language has been derived based on a theoretical framework that was proposed in an earlier research. The proposed scripting language notation is close to the notation of traditional software scripting languages. This makes it easier to be learnt by instructors with basic programming skills. It has the ability to describe design's structure elements, such as sequencing, conditions, repetition, activities, activity's input /output, group formation, etc.

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“…Besides, CSCL applications may involve synchronous or asynchronous interactions, or a mixture of them [5]. In addition, Component Based Software Engineering (CBSE) offers a flexible paradigm for distributed applications development that is being exploited for CSCL [2]. For applications with these characteristics, the computational grid can offer a suitable infra-structure that facilitates their deployment and enhances their performance.…”

Section: Cscl As An Application Field Within the Grid Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%