Learning with computers : analysing productive interaction / edited by Karen Littleton and Paul Light.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Littleton, Karen.

Light, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer-assisted instruction.

Educational technology.

Group work in education.

Social interaction in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Learning with Computers Analysing productive interaction; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: getting IT together; 2 Task effects on co-operative and collaborative learning with computers; 3 Productive interaction in the context of computer-supported collaborative learning in science; 4 Time-based analysis of students studying the Periodic Table; 5 Collaborations in a primary classroom: mediating science activities through new technology; 6 Is 'exploratory talk' productive talk?; 7 Computers in the community of classrooms

8 Sociocognitive interactions in a computerised industrial task: are they productive for learning?9 Learning as the use of tools: a sociocultural perspective on the human-technology link; 10 Analysing asynchronous learning interactions: computer-mediated communication in a conventional undergraduate setting; 11 Productivity through interaction: an overview; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-32864-9

9786610328642

0-203-13578-4

9780203135785

OCLC:

50790896