Contrary to the belief that computers isolate users, Karen Littleton and Paul Light demonstrate that learning with computers is often a collaborative and social activity. Learning with Computers brings together a significant body of research that shows how working with others at the computer can be beneficial to learners of all ages, from the early school years to the highest levels of education. It also investigates factors such as gender that explain why some interactions are not as productive as others.
Author(s): K. Littleton
Edition: 1
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 224
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 8
Notes on contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction: getting IT together......Page 16
Task effects on co-operative and collaborative learning with computers......Page 25
Productive interaction in the context of computer-supported collaborative learning in science......Page 39
Time-based analysis of students studying the Periodic Table......Page 61
Collaborations in a primary classroom: mediating science activities through new technology......Page 77
Is 'exploratory talk' productive talk?......Page 94
Computers in the community of classrooms......Page 117
Sociocognitive interactions in a computerised industrial task: are they productive for learning?......Page 133
Learning as the use of tools: a sociocultural perspective on the human-technology link......Page 159
Analysing asynchronous learning interactions: computer-mediated communication in a conventional undergraduate setting......Page 177
Productivity through interaction: an overview......Page 194
Index......Page 210
