I. Learning Environments for Knowledge Constructing Communities
Classroom as “knowledge-building community” (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 1991) – CSILE
Computer support for collaborative knowledge construction: Toronto, Michigan, Berkeley, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, SRI, etc.
Web as medium for sharing ideas (notes, diagrams)
Computer keeps track of links, relationships
Persistent, asynchronous collaboration (from class, home, library)
Annotations, reorganization, edits, history of changes