 | Last year’s CSCL seminar (Koschmann) found 2 problems (dePaula, 1998):
 | 1. Lack of continuity of on-line discussions.
| 2. Lack of convergence toward explicit group consensus summary statements
| | | Readings in Cog Sci will address these problems:
| 1. The new research community will be guided by:
 | a central research hypothesis
| an attempt to define key terms
| analysis of texts that reference each other
| a series of research questions addressed repeatedly
| | | | | 2. The software will structure the discussion so that divergent individual comments can be compared, negotiated, & consolidated in subgroup & group perspectives. | | | |