This research describes a methodology for applying design-and management-based
scaffolding techniques aimed to enhance cooperative behavior. Based on assumptions of …

Computer Support for Collaborative Learning (CSCL) is a field of study centrally concerned
with meaning and the practices of meaning-making in the context of joint activity, and the …

ABSTRACT Aim/Purpose There is a huge array of educational technology tools that are now
in use today. These tools have changed the way teachers teach and the way students learn …

This special thematic section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication brings
together seven articles that consider what it takes to collaborate around and through …

This paper reports findings from a study of how a guidebook was used by pairs of visitors
touring a historic house. We describe how the guidebook was incorporated into their visit in …

Purpose–This study aims to examine how a collaboration technology is used by three
organizational groups. The main focus is on the interplay between the users' perceptions (of …

This paper describes the development, validation, and uses of the Collaborative Computing
Observation Instrument (C-COI), a web-based analysis instrument that classifies individual …

While traditional computer-supported learning environments (ie desktop PCs) have been
show to promote collaboration they have been largely constrained by the confines of a …

Observers have identified a potential for major improvements in organizational productivity
made possible through the use of personal computers serving as a means to link people into …

This article draws on published research on the nature of the innovation process and
exploratory field research in 10 companies to develop a framework for research on …