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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Personal and Shared Experiences as Resources for Meaning Making in a Philosophy of Science Course
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Arvaja, Maarit – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2012
The aim of this case study was to explore health-education students' personal and collaborative meaning making activities during an online science philosophy course in the higher-education context. Through applying the dialogical perspective for learning, the focus was on studying how different contextual resources were used in building…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Science Curriculum, Prior Learning, Experiential Learning
Contextual Perspective in Analysing Collaborative Knowledge Construction of Two Small Groups in Web-Based Discussion
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Arvaja, Maarit – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2007
This paper presents a methodology designed to explore the role of context in collaborative knowledge construction activity in asynchronous web-based discussion. The discussions of two student groups participating in a web-based teacher education course were compared. The comparison aimed to highlight the differences and similarities between the…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Cooperative Learning, Evaluation Methods, Internet