Welcome to the CSCL2009 dialog blog!

It is our great pleasure to welcome you on the CSCL2009 pre-conference dialogue blog!

The purpose of the blog is to facilitate the dialogue between the authors and other participants of the conference, before, during and after CSCL 2009 conference. There is a post –containing the abstract along with a link to the full text- for every paper that will be presented at the conference. You can view the abstract of a paper, read the full text, post your comments and/or questions, exchange ideas…

Tags associated with the types of the papers have been assigned to the relative posts so that you have the choice of filtering the content you want to read. Just click on a tag and all posts concerning the papers of the corresponding category will be displayed on the main blog’s page. You can then scroll through the posts of this certain category until you find the one(s) you are interested in. All tags are displayed in the tags block on the right column of the blog’s page.

The meanings of the tags are described here below:

(a) Regarding the paper category:

  • ΑF (full papers)
  • AFI (full papers that will be presented in interactive format)
  • API (short papers that will be presented in interactive format)
  • AS (short papers)
  • ASP (posters)

(b) Regarding award nominees:

  • BPN (Best Paper Nominee)
  • BSPN (Best Student Paper Nominee)
  • BTDN (Best Technology Design Nominee)

(c) Regarding the conference sessions:

  • PS_1: Analyzing Group Cognition in CSCL Practises
  • PS_2: Scripts & Scaffolds
  • PS_3: Argumentation & Problem Based Learning
  • PS_4: Tabletops and tangibles
  • PS_5: Teacher Professional Development & Communities of Practice
  • PS_6: Discussion & Conflict Resolution
  • PS_7: Approaches to Analyzing Interaction
  • PS_8: Games and Simulations
  • PS_9: Evaluating Computer-Mediated Learning
  • PS_10: Knowledge Building & Virtual Learning Environments
  • PS_11: Science Education & Problem Based Learning
  • PS_12: Learning Processes & Games
  • PS_13: Handhelds & mCSCL
  • PS_14: Scripts & Adaptation
  • PS_15: Mathematics & Science Education
  • PS_16: Case studies in Higher Education
  • PS_17: Data Mining and Process Analysis
  • PS_18: Shared displays & workspaces
  • PS_19: Social Software/wikis
  • PS_20: Professional Development
  • PS_21: : Peer Awareness for Assessment, Coaching & Coordination
  • PS_22: Web 2.0, Wikis & Knowledge building
  • PS_23: Awareness & Self regulation
  • PS_24: Knowledge Construction & Gaming Practices

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    Exploring the Process of Convergent Adaptation in Technology-Based Science Curriculum Construction

    • Susan Yoon , University of Pennsylvania
    • Lei Liu , University of Pennsylvania
    • Sao-Ee Goh , University of Pennsylvania

    As a core complex systems process, understanding the dynamics of individual or group adaptation can provide valuable information for constructing professional development strategies that can increase chances of instructional success. This paper reports on an exploratory study that identifies indicators of convergent vs. non-convergent adaptation between two cases of teachers working together on a technology-based curriculum construction activity and explores the relationship between group characteristics and adaptation processes. We have used the complex systems concept of adaptation as a lens for understanding how and why some teachers are better able to adapt to the educational program requirements. The results show that processes of convergence and non-convergence influenced adaptive outcomes, and that the more similar the teaching characteristic index (TCI) number was between group members, the more likely it was that group dynamics would result in convergent adaptive outcomes.
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