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Computer‐Mediated Collaborative Learning: Theory and Practice
Author(s) -
WARSCHAUER MARK
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1997.tb05514.x
Subject(s) - collaborative learning , psychology , mathematics education , computer science , cognitive science , sociology
Recently interest has grown concerning the uses of online communication for language teaching. Yet this growing interest in computer‐mediated collaborative language learning has not been matched by sufficient research and theory. This article introduces a conceptual framework for understanding the role of computer‐mediated interaction based on a sociocultural analysis of the relationship among text, talk, and learning. The article then analyzes current research according to five features particular to online interaction.