文章基本信息

标题：Online Cooperative Learning and Key Interpsychological Mechanisms: An Exploratory Study through the Analysis of the Discourse Content
本地全文：下载
作者：Marly Casanova ; Ibis M. Alvarez
期刊名称：Creative Education
印刷版ISSN：2151-4755
电子版ISSN：2151-4771
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：8
页码：1345-1353
DOI：10.4236/ce.2012.38197
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：This research analyses the cooperative learning process in three groups applying the case study technique in a virtual university asynchronous communication context. The exploratory study was performed within a subject taught at a Master in e-learning programme. Based on a review of the theory and the current status of research, we delineate the concept of virtual cooperative learning and the main interpsychological mechanisms accounting for its effectiveness. Through a case study methodology and by means of discourse analysis, we identify the main interpsychological mechanisms involved in peer cooperation—positive interdependence, construction of meaning and psychosocial relations. We categorise the types of language involved in the process of joint construction of meaning all throughout the sequence of cooperative learning being studied.
关键词：Cooperative Learning; Computer-Mediated Communication; Interactive Learning Environments; Discourse Analysis