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Computer supported collaborative writing in an early learning classroom
Author(s) -
Lingnau A.,
Hoppe H.U.,
Mannhaupt G.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2003.00019.x
Subject(s) - computer science , collaborative writing , task (project management) , reading (process) , collaborative learning , computer assisted instruction , software , mathematics education , domain (mathematical analysis) , workspace , multimedia , computer supported collaborative learning , human–computer interaction , world wide web , psychology , knowledge management , engineering , programming language , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis , mathematics , systems engineering , law , political science , robot
This paper describes a collaborative experiment in an early learners' classroom, equipped with special software and hardware to support the acquisition of initial reading and writing skills. This ‘Computer‐integrated Classroom’ originated from the EU project NIMIS. Here, a new method to teach ‘reading through writing’ is supported by a specific software tool (T 3 ) in the general framework of the classroom environment. Particularly, a collaborative writing task facilitated by a shared workspace system has been evaluated with a group of first graders using the T 3 application. The speciality of this experiment lies in the study of domain‐specific collaboration in a rich real world learning setting.