TY - JOUR
T1 - The design and evaluation of a CSCL tool to support reflection and revision of design projects
AU - Land, Susan M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was sponsored in part by the College of Education Research Initiation Grants, Penn State University. The author would like to acknowledge Ikseon Choi for his assistance in the design, development, and research of this project and Chris Hoadley and Priya Sharma for their comments on a previous draft of this manuscript.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - DESIGN PROJECTS are one form of project-based learning whereby students propose, build, and test an artifact to meet a specific need. This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a computer-based tool (Co-Net) designed to support students in the process of working on design projects (in this case, instructional design projects). Co-Net was implemented over two successive semesters, with approximately 43 students using it. Based on the classroom trials reported here, one major finding was that providing access to others' published artifacts through the Web is a simple but powerful strategy to help learners to elaborate initial ideas, prompt reflection and evaluation of their own designs, and promote engagement in the larger design community. Also, facilitating the exchange of online feedback about one's project design was perceived to be useful, but only when feedback was substantive, offered suggestions, or pointed out limitations in the design.
AB - DESIGN PROJECTS are one form of project-based learning whereby students propose, build, and test an artifact to meet a specific need. This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a computer-based tool (Co-Net) designed to support students in the process of working on design projects (in this case, instructional design projects). Co-Net was implemented over two successive semesters, with approximately 43 students using it. Based on the classroom trials reported here, one major finding was that providing access to others' published artifacts through the Web is a simple but powerful strategy to help learners to elaborate initial ideas, prompt reflection and evaluation of their own designs, and promote engagement in the larger design community. Also, facilitating the exchange of online feedback about one's project design was perceived to be useful, but only when feedback was substantive, offered suggestions, or pointed out limitations in the design.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF02960283
DO - 10.1007/BF02960283
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:74249089017
SN - 1042-1726
VL - 16
SP - 68
EP - 92
JO - Journal of Computing in Higher Education
JF - Journal of Computing in Higher Education
IS - 1
ER -