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The aim of the present research was to study the role of the individual and shared mental models in the process of forming students' competent environmental decisions in synchronous CSCLE. An environmental role-play was carried out in the CVW...

The study investigated the development of 53 students' representations about a genetic problem while performing exploratory and expressive modeling in a synchronous environment. The influence of collaborative scientific representation on individual...

The general aim of the research was to propose appropriate meta-communicative scaffolding patterns for supporting expressive modeling activity. The study focused on 20 teams carrying out the expressive modeling task during the introductory lesson of ...

Higher education institutions across Europe have started to realize the potential impact of Weblogs, Wikis and other individualized tools, services and workflows that are currently promoted under the label "social software" on technology enhanced...

It was investigated how students developed conceptually when performing inquiry learning in web-based simulation "Young Scientist". Semiotic approach for analyzing information-processing with multiple representations in complex environment was...

This paper examines the use of social spaces in order to foster self-directed learning activities in higher educational institutions. It argues that current instructional design models need to be adjusted with respect to self-direction according to...

Although not yet common practice, the use of personal learning environments (PLEs) has started to enter formal higher education. Some early adopters facilitate their students in making use of social software tools and networked resources for...