
Abstract
The role concept has attracted a lot of attention as a construct for facilitating and analysing interactions in the context of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL). So far much of this research has been carried out in isolation and the focus on roles lacks cohesion. In this article we present a conceptual framework to synthesise the contemporary conceptualisation of roles, by discerning three levels of the role concept: micro (role as task), meso (role as pattern) and macro (role as stance). As a first step to further conceptualise ‘role as a stance’, we present a framework of eight participative stances defined along three dimensions: group size, orientation and effort. The participative stances – Captain, Over-rider, Free-rider, Ghost, Pillar, Generator, Hanger-on and Lurker – were scrutinised on two data sets using qualitative analysis. The stances aim to facilitate meaningful description of student behaviour, stimulate both teacher and student awareness of roles at the macro-level in terms of participative stances, and evaluate or possibly change the participation to collaborative learning on all levels.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Keywords: | roles, collaborative learning, CSCL, scripting, narratives, higher education |
Faculties: | Psychology and Education Science > Department Psychology > Education and Educational Psychology |
Subjects: | 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences > 370 Education |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-12946-4 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 12946 |
Date Deposited: | 11. May 2012, 09:33 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 12:53 |