Examining the Emergence of Socially Shared Regulation in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

• In Event: 49.058 - New Developments in Cooperative Learning

Abstract

The current study used content analysis and adopted a social constructionist lens to reveal the occurrence of socially shared regulatory processes in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL). Log files from three sessions of 13 undergraduate student groups (n=59) were analyzed. The first key finding was the identification of seven socially shared regulatory processes (planning and goal setting, scheduling, role assignment, task monitoring, content monitoring, task evaluation, and content evaluation) emerging in CSCL. Second, high quality regulation was seen as socially shared regulation in the true sense of the word because multiple members successfully involved their shared regulation by establishing shared plans, shared goals, shared monitoring, and shared meaning of their learning.

Authors

• Anna Lee, Rutgers University

• Angela M. O'Donnell, Rutgers University