Discourse Norms and Participatory Structure as Scaffolds for Improving Learning in a CSCL Environment
2002 Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 55-64
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2002 Volume 26 Issue 2 Pages 55-64
In our CSCL design experiments for post-secondary education, we invented scaffolds for improving learning and then compared students' learning activities in the scaffolded design with those in the previous year's design. Results showed that (1) scaffold for participatory structure made students' discourse more sustained, and (2) scaffold for discourse norm on the network improved the quality of students' discourse. Further possible scaffolds are discussed for the improvement of the curriculum design.
