PERCEPTIONS OF COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COLLABPRATIVE LEARNING (CSCL) AND ITS EFFECT ON LEARNING PERFORMANCE, SELF-REGULATED LEARNING AND SUST AINABILITY BEHAVIORS
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2010-07
Authors
CHAROENWET, SALUBSRI
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A student social network was established under EU-SUPPORT based on
computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL). The EU-SUPPORT network is a
sub network of the Norwegian Environmental Education Network that focuses on
schools to promote the quality of education for sustainable development. The
investigation into CSCL network involved examining participation and quality of
discussion/interaction, the degree of knowledge building in this collaborative network
and the effect of learning environment on learning performance, self-regulated learning
behaviors, sustainability behaviors as well as students' perception of the CSCL
environment. Participants were 200 secondary school students from Malaysia and
Thailand. Students who took part in this project collaboratively worked on assigned
online activities with the theme 'Climate Change' via web-based instructions. The
development of the social network was monitored and social interaction amongst
participants was examined using Social Network Analysis (SNA). The level of
knowledge building was determined by Content Analysis (CA) using Interaction
Analysis Model (lAM). Self-reported survey questionnaires and test items on the
concepts of 'Climate Change' were administered prior and after the activities in order to
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investigate sustainability behaviors, self-regulated learning behaviors, learners'
perception and performance. The results indicated that the established student network
was considered active with rather dense network. The discussion forum produced in the
network was proven to be sustained. All five phases of knowledge building were
observed in discussion forum however, most posting notes were restricted to the initial
phase. The questionnaire statistical analysis revealed that collaborative learning
activities in this social network significantly improved self-regulated learning
behaviors, sustainability behaviors and learning performance of students with positive
perception towards the learning environment.
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LEARNING , PERCEPTIONS