H. Conclusions

bulletCourse will be an experiment in designing web software and collaborative learning practices to enhance group cognition.
bulletGroup will evolve by sharing expertise & text analysis.
bulletExternal memory will capture discussion history & make it persistent for group self-reflection.
bulletTool (WebGuide), language (group’s discourse vocabulary), goal (the hypothesis), group (social roles) & participants (as knowledgeably skilled group members) will evolve together (dialectical mediation).

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