Group Scribbles to Support Jigsaw Cooperative Learning in a Graduate Course

Author

Lin, Chiu-Pin ; Liu, Kuo-Ping ; Looi, Chee Kit

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of e-Learning Technol., Nat. Hsinchu Univ. of Educ., Hsinchu

fYear

2008

fDate

1-5 July 2008

Firstpage

459

Lastpage

463

Abstract

Group scribbles (GS) is an activity tool that enables the collaborative generation, collection and aggregation of ideas through a shared space. The aim of this study is to deploy GS with Tablet PCs to facilitate 12 graduate school students doing cooperative learning by the jigsaw method and to examine how GS supports the integrating the knowledge between original and expert group discussions. Results of this exploratory study suggested that GS-mediated cooperative learning jigsaw model could positively benefit students in their interaction and knowledge integration processes.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; continuing education; educational courses; groupware; collaborative generation; expert group discussions; graduate course; graduate school students; group scribbles; jigsaw cooperative learning; knowledge integration processes; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Educational technology; Electronic learning; Handheld computers; International collaboration; Least squares approximation; Mobile computing; Personal communication networks; Space technology; cooperative learning; group scribble; jigsaw;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2008. ICALT '08. Eighth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Santander, Cantabria

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3167-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2008.183

Filename

4561737