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Collaborative Representations: Motivations

The present widespread interest in the use of computers for online learning at all levels from primary school to university and adult education presents an unprecedented opportunity for leveraging the computational medium's strengths for learning. Along with this opportunity comes profound responsibility to adopt these technologies in ways specifically proven to support learning. Research on learning shows that social processes such as collaboration and mentoring play an important role. Likewise, many disciplines make use of rich forms of visual representations, and research has shown that proper use of visual representations can impact on learning. Yet, existing software for online learning provides only primitive support for manipulation of representations other than text, and there is a lack of research on how representational tools and online discussion tools may be constructively combined.

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