ijCSCL issue for Sept 08

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (ijCSCL)
Volume 3, Number 3, September 2008

Explorations of participation in discourse
Gerry Stahl * Friedrich Hesse

Analyzing collaborative learning processes automatically: Exploiting the advances of computational linguistics in CSCL
Carolyn Rosé * Yi-Chia Wang * Yue Cui * Jaime Arguello * Karsten Segmann * Armin Weinberger * Frank Fischer

The effect of a script and an interface in grounding discussions
Judith Schoonenboom

Supporting students' participation in authentic proof activities in CSCL environments
Diler Oner

Inviting participation: Cultural practices in networked classroom learning environments
Nancy Ares

Context-oriented communication and the design of computer-supported discursive learning
Andrea Kienle * Thomas Herrmann

Book review: Exploring thinking as communicating in CSCL
Gerry Stahl

ijCSCL Symposium at Conference of the Learning Sciences

ijCSCL Symposium 2008 -- ICLS, Utrecht

"Productive tensions in the learning sciences: Socio-cognitive and socio-cultural theory”
Co-chairs: Gerry Stahl & Friedrich Hesse

The two major theoretical orientations in contemporary learning-sciences research create a tension in the approaches of the ICLS/CSCL research community. For instance, should all cognitive phenomena and processes be analyzed as an interplay of components in a model of the individual human mind or should cognition be studied as irreducibly spread across collectivities, interactions, practices and artifacts situated in specific cultural-historical settings? Can the apparent incommensurability of the approaches be productive in stimulating critical reflection on conceptualizations and methods? Is it possible to bring the two perspectives into a productive relationship that supports collaboration on research and complementarity of results?
The symposium will consist of three half-hour segments:

Part I: A socio-cognitive analysis
An author of an ijCSCL paper representing a socio-cognitive approach to learning sciences research will make a brief presentation illustrating the power of this approach. Then a discussant will question possible limitations of the approach.

• Presenters: Ulrike Cress & Joachim Kimmerle, authors of “A systemic and cognitive view on collaborative knowledge building with wikis” (ijCSCL 3:2). Available at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/g509739lp56gk040/fulltext.pdf
• Discussant: Daniel D. Suthers
• Moderator: Gerry Stahl

Part II: A socio-cultural analysis
An author of an ijCSCL paper representing a socio-cultural approach to learning sciences research will make a brief presentation illustrating the power of this approach. Then a discussant will question possible limitations of the approach.

• Presenters: Ingeborg Krange & Sten Ludvigsen, authors of “What does it mean? Students’ procedural and conceptual problem solving in a CSCL environment designed within the field of science education” (ijCSCL 3:1). Available at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/83w585l5u442v287/fulltext.pdf
• Discussant: Baruch Schwarz
• Moderator: Friedrich Hesse

Part III: Resolution
The audience will be challenged to propose ways of bringing the two theoretical approaches together. The question will also be raised—in anticipation of the next year’s symposium—of the extent to which the design of instructional technologies and educational practices should be driven by these theories and research paradigms.

The audience is encouraged to read the two papers prior to the symposium. Springer has agreed to make these Open Access so that everyone can download them for free, even though everyone who attends ICLS can subscribe to ijCSCL as part of their registration and ISLS membership.

ijCSCL issue for ICLS conference

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (ijCSCL)
Volume 3, Number 2, June 2008

The strength of the lone wolf
Gerry Stahl

Systemic and cognitive view on collaborative knowledge building with wikis
Ulrike Cress & Joachim Kimmerle

Supporting controversial CSCL discussion with augmented group awareness tools
Jürgen Buder & Daniel Bodemer

Annotations and the collaborative digital library: Effects of an aligned annotation interface on student argumentation and reading strategies
Joanna Wolfe

Appropriation of a shared workspace: Organizing principles and their application
Maarten Overdijk & Wouter van Diggelen

Operationalizing macro-scripts in CSCL technological settings
Pierre Tchounikine

First issue of year three of ijCSCL

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (ijCSCL)
Volume 3, Number 1, March 2008

The many levels of CSCL
Gerry Stahl & Friedrich Hesse

The mechanics of CSCL macro scripts
Pierre Dillenbourg & Fabrice Hong

What does it mean? Students' procedural and conceptual problem solving in a CSCL environment designed within the field of science education
Ingeborg Krange & Sten Ludvigsen

A Community of practice among tutors enabling student participation in a seminar preparation
Bernhard Nett

The need for considering multilevel analysis in CSCL research - An appeal for the use of more advanced statistical methods
Ulrike Cress

Group awareness and self-presentation in the information-exchange dilemma
Joachim Kimmerle & Ulrike Cress

Last issue of second year of ijCSCL goes to press

This issue continues the "flash themes" on:
* Learning in Communities
* Scripting in CSCL
* Argumentation in CSCL
* Methods for Evaluating CSCL
Here is the Table of Contents for 2:4 --

CSCL and its flash themes
Gerry Stahl

Using activity-oriented design methods to study collaborative knowledge building in e-learning courses within higher education
John B. Belbas & Christine M. Greenhow

Future Technology Workshop: A method for the design of new technologies and activities
Giasemi Vavoula & Mike Sharples

Facilitating argumentative knowledge construction with computer-supported collaboration scripts
Karsten Stegmann, Armin Weinberger & Frank Fischer

The role of floor control and of ontology in argumentative activities with discussion-based tools
Baruch Schwarz & Amnon Glassner

Putting the pieces together: Online Argumentation Vee Diagrams enhance thinking during discussion
E. Michael Nussbaum, Denise L. Winsor, Yvette M. Aqui & Anne M. Poliquin

ICLS 2008 coming next

The International Conference for the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2008) is coming this summer. The theme for the conference is "International Perspectives in the Learning Sciences." This conference will attempt to broaden the geographical, cultural, and intellectual scope of the learning sciences community, while maintaining its focus on the innovative consideration of learning as it occurs in authentic contexts.

The conference will be hosted by the Research Centre Learning in Interaction at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, June 24-28, 2008. ICLS is the sister conference of CSCL, held in alternating years. The next CSCL conference will be held in Greece in 2009.

For more info -- http://isls.org/icls2008/

ijCSCL double issue

The double issue #2 & #3 of ijCSCL volume 2 is now in press. Articles will first appear in Springer's "Online First" at the Springer ijCSCL site and then will be mailed to subscribers. Pre-prints with full contents will be freely available at http://ijCSCL.org. The double issue features the first articles in two new "flash themes" of the journal: "Scripting in CSCL" and "Argumentation in CSCL". Here is the Table of Contents of the double issue for 2007:

A double issue for CSCL 2007
Gerry Stahl, Daniel D. Suthers & Friedrich Hesse

Contextual perspective in comparing meaning negotiations of two small groups in web-based discussion
Maarit Arvaja

Supporting collaborative learning and problem solving in a constraint-based CSCL environment for UML class diagrams
Nilufar Baghaei, Antonija Mitrovic & Warwick Irwin

Dealing with multiple documents on the WWW: The role of meta-cognition in the formation of documents models
Marc Stadtler & Rainer Bromme

Specifying computer-supported collaboration scripts
Lars Kobbe, Armin Weinberger, Pierre Dillenbourg, Andreas Harrer, Raija Hämäläinen, Päivi Häkkinen, & Frank Fischer

Comparing knowledge construction in two cohorts of asynchronous discussion groups with and without scripting
Tammy Schellens, Hilde Van Keer, Bram De Wever & Martin Valcke

Rainbow: A framework for analyzing computer-mediated pedagogical debates
Michael Baker, Jerry Andriessen, Kristine Lund, Marije van Amelsvoort & Matthieu Quignard

How do argumentation diagrams compare when student pairs use them as a means for debate or as a tool for representing debate?
Kristine Lund, Gaëlle Molinari, Arnauld Séjourné & Michael Baker

Argumentation in a changing world
Baruch B. Schwarz & Reuma De Groot

Using graphical tools in a phased activity for enhancing dialogical skills: An example with Digalo
Nathalie Muller Mirza, Valérie Tartas, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont & Jean-François De Pietro