Advance CSCL impact on schooling through multi-disciplinary design-based research networks that package effective collaborative-learning models for teachers everywhere¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 2 studies (1 design, 1 theoretical), q1–q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The editorial argues that isolated CSCL advances must be consolidated into larger efforts, since the DBR needed to influence educational policy and practice requires large multi-disciplinary undertakings beyond single labs. It states the field must "flesh out models of collaborative learning that are not only demonstrably effective under a range of settings, but are packaged to be used in practice by teachers everywhere." Implementing this requires new kinds of research networks, sustained teacher professional development in guiding collaboration, and curriculum aligned with established standards across grades, developed through many iterations of trial and redesign.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Commitment of national educational institutions and international funding of educational R&D
• Multi-iteration curriculum redesign to work effectively in small-group interaction
• Teacher professional development in guiding and supporting collaboration

Constraints¶

• There is no profit motive to encourage companies to tackle these challenges, so the work is left to non-profit consortia
• CSCL has yet to make a major impact on schooling because teachers and policy makers do not generally understand the social basis of learning

Target Learners¶

• Students across multiple subjects and successive grades, in communities in all countries

Target Learning Goals¶

• Collaborative, explorative, problem-solving learning supported by technology

Claims¶

• Development of collaborative classrooms and effective CSCL curriculum is a multi-year, multi-iteration process requiring sustained institutional commitment [+W]
• In Quebec's Remote Networked School initiative, teacher collaborative design proved to be relevant, feasible, and sustainable despite systemic limits [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Use consensus processes, editorial strategies, and institutional policies to make theory integration impactful

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Gerry Stahl. (2015). A decade of CSCL. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-015-9222-2