Techniques for fostering collaboration in online learning communities: theoretical and practical perspectives
by Pozzi, Francesca, Persico, Donatella, Xin, Cindy, Ronen, Miky, Kohen-Vacs, Dan, Glass, Geoffrey, Feenberg, Andrew, Bures, Eva, Abrami, Phil, GÃtl, Christian, Villasclaras-Fernández, Eloy David, Asensio-Pérez, Juan Ignacio, Hernández-Leo, Davinia, Dimitriadis, Yannis, De la Fuente-ValentÃn, Luis, MartÃnez-Monés, Alejandra, Retalis, Symeon, Petropoulou, Ourania, Lazakidou, Georgia, Haydel DeBarger, Angela, Penuel, William R., Harris, Christopher J., Schank, Patricia, Conole, Gráinne, McAndrew, Patrick, Daradoumis, Thanasis, Kordaki, Maria, Lombard, Ron, Biglan, Barbara, González-Acquaro, Katia, Preskill, Stephen, McGhie-Richmond, Donna, Winter, Eileen, Lobry de Bruyn, Lisa, Vanin, Luca, Manca, Stefania, Ligorio, M. Beatrice, Loperfido, F. Feldia, Sansone, Nadia, Spadaro, Paola F., Hron, Aemilian, Cress, Ulrike, Neudert, Sieglinde, Helling, Kathrin, Ertl, Bernhard, Kopp, Birgitta, Heinz Mandl, Francesca Pozzi, Donatella Persico
Collaboration is, to date, extensively adopted for supporting learning processes, both in face-to-face and in virtual learning contexts. However, technology profoundly changes the nature of human interactions and, consequently, also changes the nature of the collaborative learni…