Persistence of inscriptions in the VMT environment supported students explaining postings and establishing collaborative activity¶
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q2 i? The persistence of text- and graphics-based inscriptions in VMT was consequential for students' ability to explain their postings and establish a basis for collaborative activity. → Gerry Stahl & Friedrich Hesse 2009
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Gerry Stahl & Friedrich Hesse 2009¶
Gerry Stahl & Friedrich Hesse. (2009). Practice perspectives in CSCL. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-009-9065-9
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Case-study analysis from the Virtual Math Teams project, part of the project's design-based research evaluation. The chat, whiteboard, and wiki components each had subtly different forms of persistence, which the group analysis described.
"Unlike most audio and video media, the text- and graphics- based VMT components retained inscriptions for later viewing and reference. This was consequential for the ability of students to explain their postings and activities to each other"
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Persistence of inscriptions in the VMT environment supported students explaining postings and establishing collaborative activity |
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Persistence of inscriptions in the VMT environment supported students explaining postings and establishing collaborative activity |
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