When Face-to-Face Fails
Opportunities for
Social Media
to Foster
Collaborative
Learning
Tamara Clegg, Jason Yip, June Ahn, Elizabeth Bonsignore,
Michael Gubbels, Becky Lewittes, & Emily Rhodes
Help learners see the
personally relevant
aspects of science
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Develop
SCIENTIFIC
DISPOSITIONS
3
SOCIAL
INTERACTIONS
around Science
Sharing insights and
ideas
Providing critiques
Observing strategies
Productive Collaborations in Science
Barron, 2003; Puntambekar, 2006
stigmatizing low achievers
dysfunctional interactions
Challenges
Blumenfeld, Marx, Soloway & Krajcik, 1996
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning has focused
on the cognitive
aspects of learners’ collaboration
If we do not address the social
aspects of collaboration, many learners
will not experience the cognitive
benefits.
How can technology support face-to-face
interaction?
Blended Learning
Social Media for
Supporting Learner
Collaboration
Ahn, Gubbels, Kim & Wu, 2012
Individuals make Micro-contributions to the inquiry process
Do you wonder about this?
Is this a novel question?
Is this hypothesis evidence-based?
Voting to Negotiate norms of quality
Aggregate
Collaborative projects
How can SINQ promote productive
collaborations in science?
Kitchen Chemistry
After-school or summer camp learning
environment
e.g., Clegg et al., 2006
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Context
Twelve week after-school program at a local
private Montessori school
6 participants
Facilitators:
Kitchen Chemistry
researchers
SINQ,
StoryKit, &
Zydeco
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Older version of SINQ
Distractions and contributions
to collaboration
Interactions with SINQ
Comparative Case Study
Yin, 2003
Competing Foci
Learners easily derailed
Unproductive experiences
Learner
arguments
Talking out of turn
Whole Group Conversation Woes
Clegg et al., Submitted
Interactions
Freddie & Eric
Shifting social
landscape
More focused
How do I make green brownies?
you
wonder Idea
aboutseeds
this?
Facilitated conversationDo
with
facilitators
How do
does
they
cinnamon
make cinnamon
relate to sticks?
cinnamon rolls?
Arman
Authorship & Physical Separation
PUFFLES!
How do youHard
makeSugar
a
hard sugar?
Donna
Jason
Physical Proximity
Why are most candies
hard?
Anthony
Shifts in social dynamic
Collaboration across groups
Enhanced collaboration w/ facilitators
Focus Using SINQ
Clegg et al., Submitted
Facilitating scientific
communication
A community repository
of contributions
Multiple entry points
into science
Implications
TAKE AWAY
Factoring the
context
into the design of
technology
Questions
@tlclegg
@jasoncyip
@ahnjune
@ebonsign
@mokogobo