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The Organisation of Interaction in Distributed Collaborative Learning

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Designing for Change in Networked Learning Environments

Part of the book series: Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning ((CULS,volume 2))

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Organising interaction in distributed collaborative learning can impose a severe workload on the collaborating actors. The organisation of interaction is so complex, that collaborative efforts are just as much about understanding conditions for collaboration and co-ordinating work, as it is a matter of collaboratively constructing knowledge. Understanding and identifying what is required to organise distributed collaboration processes, is thus a key issue when analysing distributed collaborative learning. This paper identifies interactional processes and efforts that are constituent parts of such activities.

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Guribye, F., Andreassen, E.F., Wasson, B. (2003). The Organisation of Interaction in Distributed Collaborative Learning. In: Wasson, B., Ludvigsen, S., Hoppe, U. (eds) Designing for Change in Networked Learning Environments. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0195-2_47

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