Train students in new communication practices rather than merely providing digital media¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 theoretical), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

Because students carry accustomed genres into new media, changing computer-mediated interaction toward scientific conjecture and refutation requires deliberate training in new practices. The editorial states that moving toward 'genres of logical deduction and scientific conjectures or refutations, requires training the students in new practices, not merely providing digital media.'

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers and designers must scaffold genres of practice, since affordances lie in user practices

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• students in online courses and threaded discussions

Target Learning Goals¶

• critical inquiry
• scholarly argumentation

Claims¶

• Students enact new CSCL technologies according to communication genres of the past, producing informal rather than scholarly discourse [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Promote knowledge creation by coordinating group practices, technology affordances, interaction genres, community metaskills, and trialogical learning through design-based research
• Refutation Texts

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Gerry Stahl & Friedrich Hesse. (2009). Practice perspectives in CSCL. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-009-9065-9