sTeam - Designing an integrative infrastructure for Web-based computer-supported cooperative learning

Abstract

Learning is a socially embedded design process. But most of today's hypermedia systems fail to properly support both the design-related and the social aspects of learning. Authoring and web-publishing systems aim to support the authors' design process. Consequently, learners' activities are confined to selecting and reading. Based on some fundamental reflections on the role of technology in learning processes, we conclude that top priority must be given to the construction of infrastructures that support cooperative learning processes if we are to properly harness technology's potential.We present a learner-centered -wholly web-based -approach for structuring information in teams (sTeam). The key concept in sTeam is virtual space. It draws together cooperation and communication, at the same time embodying the common external memory of a (virtual) learning group. The focus is not, then, on interactive systems for individual accessing of knowledge bases, but rather on the cooperative management and structuring of distributed knowledge bases.

Wasabi Beans - SOA for collaborative learning and working systems

“…Users are represented in these rooms through appropriate objects. Hence, such rooms can contain user objects, documents, and communication channels in one place [12]. Rooms are nodes for synchronous as well as asynchronous communication and collaboration.…”

A model for a web-based learning system

“…In order to build a complete learning system, different tasks are performed by different modules; the choice of which modules to consider comes from several works present in the literature; some of them consider model issues, as in Vassileva (1995), while others focus on architectural aspects (Anido et al, 2001;Hampel & Keil-Slawik, 2001;Gehne, Jesshope, & Zhang, 2001). Starting from these works, in Fig.…”

A Service-Oriented Infrastructure for Collaborative Learning in Virtual Knowledge Spaces

“…There have been several evaluations of its practical use in several university lectures and projects [12].…”

“…The sTeam server [6] has been designed with a microkernel architecture in mind [7]. This enables a modular approach where the base functionality is provided by modules and services, while the core kernel manages only interaction of its parts.…”