Bridging multiple expertise in collaborative design for technology-enhanced learning

Yael Kali, Peter Goodyear, Mary Helen Ward, Lina Markauskaite

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Abstract

Designing technology-enhanced learning requires merging technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge domains, and thus often carried out by multi-professional expert teams. However, working in such teams may involve challenges resulting from participants' different knowledge bases and ways of thinking. This research examined the collaborative design process of three teams who were part of a university initiative to develop technology-enhanced learning. We found that each of the teams: (1)suggested design solutions only after extensive group exploration of the various aspects of the problem, (2)made design decisions in a balanced process in which all domain experts were equally involved, (3)appreciated each other's expertise and used team meetings to learn from each other, and (4)carefully provided ideas that were not in their own domain of expertise. The success of the three teams in designing solutions that were based on their shared knowledge is explained in light of the management process of the university initiative.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConnecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice
Subtitle of host publicationCSCL 2011 Conf. Proc. - Short Papers and Posters, 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference
Pages831-835
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 2011
Event9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference: Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice, CSCL 2011 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 4 Jul 20118 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameConnecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL 2011 Conf. Proc. - Short Papers and Posters, 9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conf.
Volume2

Conference

Conference9th International Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference: Connecting Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice, CSCL 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period4/07/118/07/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications

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