Parallel Sessions
Computer Support for Collaborative Learning '97

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1. Making Domains/Activity/Thinking Visible

Using Argument Representations to Make Thinking Visible for Individuals and Groups
Philip Bell, Cognition and Development Area, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley

Active and Supportive Computer-Mediated Resources for Student-to-Student Conversations
Noel Enyedy, Phil Vahey, and Bernard R. Gifford,
Education of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley

Supporting the Distributed Synchronous Learning of Probability: Learning from an Experiment
Eileen Scanlon1, Tim O’Shea1, Randall Smith2 and Yibing Li1
1Institute of Educational Technology, Open University and 2Sun Microsystems

2. Design and Use of Virtual Agents/Spaces

MOOSE Goes to School: A Comparison of Three Classrooms Using a CSCL Environment
Amy Bruckman, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

The Virtual Participant: Lessons to be Learned from a Case-Based Tutor’s Assistant
Simon Masterton, Knowledge Media Institute, Open University

Interactive Cooperative Learning System Based on Virtual Shared Space: HyCLASS
Katsumi Hosoya1, Akihisa Kawanobe1, Susumu Kakuta1, and Munish Sharma2,
1Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation and 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto

3. Distributed Computing and Social Organization (I)

Supporting Learners in a Remote CSCL Environment: The Importance of Task and Communication
David Graves and Maria Klawe
Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia

TAPPED IN: A New On-line Teacher Community Concept for the Next Generation of Internet Technology
Mark S. Schlager and Patricia K. Schank
SRI International

Ninth Graders’ Use of a Shared Database in an Internet Research Project: Issues of Collaboration and Knowledge-Building
Jeff Kupperman, Raven Wallace, and Nathan Bos
School of Education, University of Michigan

4. Environments for Collaboration and Learning (II)

Design, Collaboration, and Computation: the design studio as a model for computer-supported collaboration in mathematics
David Williamson Shaffer
MIT Media Laboratory

Complementary Roles of Software-based Scaffolding and Teacher-Student Interactions in Inquiry Learning
Iris Tabak and Brian J. Reiser
Northwestern University

Students’ Construction of Scientific Explanations in a Collaborative Hyper-Media Learning Environment
Jun Oshima
Faculty of Education, Shizuoka University

5. Collaboration and Interactional Resources

Emergent Global Cueing of Local Activity: Covering in Music
Nick V. Flor1 and Paul P. Maglio2
1Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University and 2IBM Almaden Research

Identity Formation/Transformation as the Process of Collaborative Learning Through AlgoArena
Hideyuki Suzuki and Hiroshi Kato
C&C Media Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation

Measuring the Meaning Conveyed by a Glance or a Gesture in a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environment
Denise Whitelock and Eileen Scanlon
Institute of Educational Technology, Open University

6. Tools and the Structure of Activity (I)

How Activities Foster CMC Tool Use in Classrooms
Barry J. Fishman and Louis M. Gomez2
1University of Michigan and 2Northwestern University

Using Mobile Computing to Enhance Field Study
Robert Rieger and Geraldine Gay
Interactive Media Group, Department of Communication, Cornell University

Supporting Collaborative Project-Based Learning on the WWW
Douglas R. Ward1 and Esther L. Tiessen2
1MC2Learning Systems Inc. and 2Simon Fraser University

7. Steps Towards Integration

Integrating and Guiding Collaboration: Lessons Learned in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Research at Georgia Tech
Mark Guzdial1, Cindy Hmelo2, Roland HÄuuml;bscher1, Kris Nagel1, Wendy Newstetter1 , Sadhana Puntambekar1, Amnon Shabo1, Jennifer Turns3, and Janet L. Kolodner1
1EduTech Institute, College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology, 2Learning Research and Development Center University of Pittsburgh, and 3EduTech Institute, Center for Human-Machine Systems Research, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Roles of a Case Library as a Collaborative Tool for Fostering Argumentation
Janet L. Kolodner1, Baruch Schwarz2, Reuma DeGroot Barkai2, Edith Levy-Neumand2, Anna Tcherni2, and Anat Turbovsk2
1EduTech Institude, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology and 2School of Education, Hebrew University

An Integrated Approach to Implementing Collaborative Inquiry in the Classroom
Daniel D. Suthers, Eva Erdosne Toth, and Arlene Weiner
Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh

8. Studies of Collaboration and Learning (III)

Two Empirical Studies of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning in Science: Methodological and Affective Implications
Kim Issroff1, Eileen Scanlon2 and Ann Jones2
1Higher Education Research and Development Unit, University College London, UK and 2Institute of Educational Technology, Open University

An International Approach to Developing Information Technology (IT) Literacy in Schools Based on Critical Consciousness
Ana Jurema and Maureen O’Rourke
International Connectivity and Capacitation, Federal University of Alagoas, Brasil

KidCode: Using Email to Structure Interactions for Elementary Mathematics Instruction
Michelle Baker1, Judith Levy Cohen2 and Babette Moeller3
1Intellinet Inc., 2Mathematics Department, Collegiate School, and 3The Center for Children and Technology

9. Distributed Computing and Social Organization (II)

Facilitating Collaborative Learning in Distributed Organizations
Jim Greer, Gordon McCalla, Vive Kumar, Jason Collins, Paul Meagher
ARIES Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Computer Supported and Collaborative Conflict Resolution: Shalom/Salaam
Barb Stuart, Center for Lifelong Learning and Design and Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado, Boulder

10. Tools and the Structure of Activity (II)

JavaCAP: A Collaborative Case Authoring Program on the WWW
Amnon Shabo, Kris Nagel, Mark Guzdial, and Janet Kolodner
EduTech Institute, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

The Mission to Mars Webliographer: A Principled Approach to the Design of a CSCL Tool
Anthony J. Petrosino, Jay Pfaffman and the Cognition and Technology Group
Vanderbilt Learning Technology Center, Vanderbilt University

Intra-group and Inter-group: An Exploration of Learning with Complementary Collaboration Tools
Sadhana Puntambekar, Kris Nagel, Roland HÄuuml;bscher, Mark Guzdial and Janet L. Kolodner
EduTech Institute, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

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