International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
December 2010 Volume 5, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 4
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Can the Interactive Whiteboard Support Young Children's Collaborative Communication and Thinking in Classroom Science Activities?
Ruth Kershner, Neil Mercer, Paul Warwick & Judith Kleine Staarman
Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) have been widely introduced to English primary schools (5-11 years) in the last decade and this has generated much research interest. In the past, research has... More
pp. 359-383
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Sharing and Cultivating Tacit Knowledge in an Online Learning Environment
Meng Yew Tee & Dennis Karney
Research on knowledge cultivation often focuses on explicit forms of knowledge. However, knowledge can also take a tacit form--a form that is often difficult or impossible to tease out, even when... More
pp. 385-413
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Using Activity Theory to Understand Intergenerational Play: The Case of Family Quest
Sinem Siyahhan, Sasha A. Barab & Michael P. Downton
We implemented a five-week family program called "Family Quest" where parents and children ages 9 to 13 played Quest Atlantis, a multiuser 3D educational computer game, at a local after-school club... More
pp. 415-432
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The Collaborative Construction of Chronotopes during Computer-Supported Collaborative Professional Tasks
Maria Beatrice Ligorio & Giuseppe Ritella
In this paper, we use the concept of chronotope to analyse the co-construction of spatial and temporal frameworks during collaborative interaction. A chronotope is a genre of movement or pacing in ... More
pp. 433-452