Design CSCL tasks aiming for cognitive achievements beyond the reach of individual team members without computer supports¶

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Description¶

The editorial recommends that CSCL research move past repeatedly demonstrating that individuals learn better in online groups, and instead design and investigate tasks that go beyond traditional instruction. It cites recent findings on "productive failure" illustrating how groups with challenging tasks may learn in ways that defy standard testing indicators while contributing to increased problem-solving skills of groups and members.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Computer supports that make group cognitive achievements possible that individuals could not reach alone

Constraints¶

• Learning may defy standard testing indicators, complicating measurement

Target Learners¶

• computer-supported collaborative teams

Target Learning Goals¶

• group cognition, team knowledge building, problem-solving skills

Claims¶

• Purely peer groups working purposefully out-of-reach problems did not fully succeed but still made significant progress, internalizable by individual members [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• Gerry Stahl. (2012). Cognizing mediating: Unpacking the entanglement of artifacts with collective minds. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning 7:187–191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-012-9148-x