A Principle for CSCL Design: Emergent Division of Labor

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Kato, H., Mochizuki, T., Funaoi, H. & Suzuki, H. (2004). A Principle for CSCL Design: Emergent Division of Labor. In L. Cantoni & C. McLoughlin (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004 (pp. 2652-2659). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2004
Lugano, Switzerland
2004
  Lorenzo Cantoni & Catherine McLoughlin
AACE

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Hiroshi Kato, National Institute of Multimedia Education, Japan; Toshio Mochizuki, Kobe University, Japan; Hideo Funaoi, Hideyuki Suzuki, Ibaraki University, Japan

Abstract

This paper deals with an aspect of human activities that is referred to as emergent division of labor (EDL). This refers to the nature of collaboration wherein people interactively and contingently organize, maintain, and reorganize division of labor. The authors argue that this field of EDL is crucial for collaborative learning to serve as a rich repertory of learning opportunities. The practice of EDL is demonstrated with an ethnomethodological analysis of a collaborative learning scene in a face-to-face situation, and the conditions necessary to accomplish EDL are discussed based on the case. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of EDL, design principles of computer support for collaborative learning (CSCL) are proposed.

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• Collaboration

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