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Collaboration has always been the basic nature as well as requirement to survive on this earth. In the present scenario collaborative learning has changed its settings due to the presence of technology like computers, mobile devices online systems etc. computer supported collaborative learning is the use of computer device as a medium to establish collaboration as the central strategy in teaching-learning process. It is a great initiative to provide a rich experience in collaborative settings to enhance the learning process. To inculcate computer supported collaborative learning in our regular teaching learning practice it is necessary to modify the traditional setup and to train teachers to adopt such changes. This paper explores the theoretical concepts, basic collaborative techniques in computer supported collaborative learning environment and challenges in implementation of CSCL in teaching learning process.
Keywords: Collaborative learning, computer supported collaborative learning, peer review, Jigsaw
Since, the very beginning of human society, collaboration has always been the basic nature as well as requirement to survive on this earth. This society itself is the result of the process of collaboration. Education has always played the crucial role in the development of any society; it also involves the process of collaboration. So, one can say that collaboration is a crucial factor to attain the very objective of education system and that is to generate new knowledge, explore the existing body of knowledge and simultaneously provide a rich learning experience to the students. But in the present scenario collaborative learning has changed its settings due to the presence of technology like computers, mobile devices online systems etc. Various efforts have been made to integrate technology in learning conditions like Computer Mediated Instructions, Computer Assisted Instructions etc. As the result of these consequences Computer Supported Collaborative Learning was a great initiative to provide a rich experience in collaborative settings to enhance the learning process.
MEANING AND DEFINITIONS
In the simplest words computer supported collaborative learning is the use of computer device as a medium to establish collaboration as the central strategy in teaching-learning process. The computer device (with internet/ without internet) here works only as a medium to establish collaboration among students with the intention to provide a platform that can promote the sharing of ideas, views and their...