Dynamic Models of Collaborative Learning

• In Event: Roundtable Session 38
  In Roundtable Session: Using Digital Technology to Support Lifelong Learning

Abstract

Based on social cognitive theory, this study proposes two dynamic CSCL models of learning using understudied factors – system functionality, social ability, collective efficacy and social interaction – to examine the mediation and causal relationship among those constructs and their influence on learning. Data is analyzed employing the Partial Least Squares method. Results demonstrate the intertwined relationship among the constructs and a different influencing mechanism for each construct on learning. Moreover, the addition of social interaction factor to the model of learning increases the predictability of student learning as compared to models without this factor.

Authors

• Wanli Xing, University of Missouri - Columbia

• Yonghe Wu, East China Normal University