Group cognition: Computer support for building collaborative knowledge

2008 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 1531-1531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Caldeira
Keyword(s):  
Computer Support ◽  
Group Cognition ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge

ANALYZING AND DESIGNING THE GROUP COGNITION EXPERIENCE

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 157-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
GERRY STAHL
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Group Cognition ◽  
Group Problem ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Group Problem Solving ◽  
Groupware Design ◽  
The Individual ◽  
It Knowledge ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge ◽  
Online Group

More than we realize it, knowledge is often constructed through interactions among people in small groups. The Internet, by allowing people to communicate globally in limitless combinations, has opened enormous opportunities for the creation of knowledge and understanding. A major barrier today is the poverty of adequate groupware. To design more powerful software that can facilitate the building of collaborative knowledge, we need to better understand the nature of group cognition — the processes whereby ideas are developed by small groups. We need to analyze interaction at both the individual and the group unit of analysis in order to understand the variety of processes that groupware should be supporting. This paper will look closely at an empirical example of an online group problem-solving experience and suggest implications for groupware design.

Computer Support in E-Collaborative Learning-By-Doing Environments

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Knowledge Construction ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Computer Support ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Technological Support ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge Construction

With the recent widespread use of computer and web technologies, web-based tools have been developed to mediate collaboration and facilitate knowledge construction. However, how to effectively design these tools to stimulate and maintain productive knowledge construction remains a challenge. This chapter describes a virtual learning-by-doing environment where students take the role of consultants to investigate the cause of recurring pipe corrosion in a paper processing company. We illustrate how the learning environment is designed to provide both pedagogical and technological support to collaborative knowledge construction. Our goal is to provide an example and offer guidance to professionals and educators who are interested building such virtual environments.

Computer support for participatory designing

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen ◽  
Henna Lahti ◽  
Marjut Iivonen ◽  
Kai Hakkarainen
Keyword(s):  
Computer Support
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