Teachers are not typically involved as participatory designers in the design of technology-
enhanced learning environments. As they have unique and valuable perspectives on the …

Collective Inquiry refers to a particular form of pedagogy where an entire classroom
community is engaged collectively, with well-defined learning goals for both content and …

The International Handbook of the Learning Sciences is a comprehensive collection of
international perspectives on this interdisciplinary field. In more than 50 chapters, leading …

We report on a multi-year design study of a technology environment called Common
Knowledge (CK), designed to support learning communities in K-12 classrooms. Students …

Knowledge building occurs when students work together and participate in idea-centred
discussions where they share information and create knowledge collectively. This research …

While small group discussion during undergraduate classes is an important pedagogic
strategy, there are two primary concerns for instructors-how to monitor the conversation that …

This research paper presents the design of an active learning curriculum and corresponding
software environment called CKBiology, reporting on its implementation in two sections of a …

A key factor in the successful implementation of smart learning technologies in classrooms is
the teacher. In this paper, the use of a computer-supported collaborative mathematics …

This paper describes our efforts to add structure and formalism to the design of a CSCL
curriculum for high school science–integrating individual, collaborative and whole-class …

Collective forms of inquiry are challenging for researchers as well as practitioners, as
students must be engaged as a knowledge community that builds ideas and develops …