Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives) [Paperback]

Sasha Barab (Editor), Rob Kling (Editor), James H. Gray (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521520819 | ISBN-13: 978-0521520812 | Publication Date: March 29, 2004 | Edition: 1

This volume explores the theoretical, design, learning, and methodological questions relevant to designing for and researching web-based communities to support the learning process. Coming from diverse academic backgrounds, the authors examine what we do and do not know about the processes and practices of designing communities to support educational processes. Taken as a collection, the chapters point to the challenges and complex tensions that emerge when designing for a web-supported community, especially when the focal practice of the community is learning.

Editorial Reviews

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"Anyone designing, evaluating, or forming a community of learners will benefit from the examples and results reported in this volume." - Marcia C. Linn, University of California, Berkeley

Book Description

The chapters in this volume explore the theoretical, design, learning, and methodological questions with respect to designing for and researching web-based communities to support learning. The authors, coming from diverse academic backgrounds (computer science, information science, instructional systems technology, educational psychology, sociology, and anthropology), are frank in examining what we do and do not know about the processes and practices of designing communities to support learning. Taken as a collection, these manuscripts point to the challenges and complex tensions that emerge when designing for web-supported community, especially when the focal practice of the community is learning.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 29, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521520819
• ISBN-13: 978-0521520812
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #716,989 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)