Research agenda for advancing transformative communication environments: sociocultural theory, conversational analysis, and beyond-face-to-face affordances¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 theoretical), q1 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The article closes by naming three high-priority areas for advancing its agenda. As the abstract states, 'I then describe high-priority areas for advancing this agenda: in sociocultural theory, in examining conceptual change by means of conversational analysis, and in technically establishing affordances of tools to sustain and potentially enhance joint activity beyond the here-and-now and the face-to-face.' This gives researchers and developers a concrete three-part program: theoretical work, empirical conversation-analytic study of conceptual change, and technical work on tools that extend joint activity beyond co-presence.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Coordination across theoretical, empirical (conversational analysis), and technical research efforts

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Researchers and developers of distributed learning technologies

Target Learning Goals¶

• Advancing computer support for transformative collaborative learning

Claims¶

• The article claims tools should sustain and potentially enhance joint activity beyond the here-and-now and the face-to-face [+W]

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Roy D. Pea. (1994). Seeing What We Build Together: Distributed Multimedia Learning Environments for Transformative Communications. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 3(3), pp.285-299. https://telearn.hal.science/hal-00190574