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Sini Davies; Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen; Kai Hakkarainen – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2024
This study analyzed collaborative invention projects by teams of lower-secondary (13-14-year-old) Finnish students. In invention projects, student teams design and make materially embodied collaborative inventions using traditional and digital fabrication technologies. This investigation focused on the student teams' knowledge creation processes…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Intellectual Property
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Damsa, Crina; Muukkonen, Hanni – Research Papers in Education, 2020
This paper elaborates on the notion of object-oriented collaborative learning by building on empirical material from two case studies in higher education. Prior empirical findings show how knowledge objects are evolving entities, shaped by the interactions between participants, and how students learn from engaging in knowledge practice that…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Cooperative Learning, Case Studies, Higher Education
Liljeström, Anu; Enkenberg, Jorma; Vanninen, Petteri; Vartiainen, Henriikka; Pöllänen, Sinikka – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
This paper discusses the OpenForest portal and its related multidisciplinary learning project. The OpenForest portal is an open learning environment and ecosystem, in which students can participate in co-developing and co-creating practices. The aim of the OpenForest ecosystem is to create an extensive interactive network of diverse learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Case Studies, Elementary School Students
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Akpinar, Murat; del Campo, Cristina; Eryarsoy, Enes – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
This study investigates the effects of collaboration and competition on students' learning performance in a course of business statistics. The collaboration involved a simultaneously organised group competition project with analysis of real-life business problems among students. Students from the following schools participated: JAMK University of…
Descriptors: Competition, Teamwork, International Studies, Statistics
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Järvinen, Esa-Matti; Karsikas, Arto; Hintikka, Jouni – Journal of Technology Education, 2007
In authoritative teaching methods, whereby the teacher controls the social interaction and other classroom activities, the actions of many children are often in response to what they perceive to be the teacher's expectations and the requirements of traditional school evaluation practices, such as examinations and tests. In this kind of school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, Technology Education, Ownership
Wolff, Susan J. – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2003
The purpose of the study was to (a) determine the design features of the physical learning environment that support collaborative, project-based learning, and (b) to gain an understanding of the rationale for the selection of the features. The literature review indicated a need for changing learning expectations to prepare learners for rapidly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Active Learning, Educational Environment