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Courtney, Sean – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2002
Considers features of a postmodern classroom conceived as a complex, socially distributed cognitive system that exemplifies distributed cognition. Presents a case study based on a documentary film, "The Dig", that describes a middle school class's archaeological dig that shows instructional innovations that liberate the learning process.…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Case Studies, Instructional Innovation, Learning Processes

Pena-Shaff, Judith; Martin, Wendy; Gay, Geraldine – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2001
Presents a case study that examined communication patterns, participation, the epistemological character of interactions, knowledge construction, and learning processes of college students who used two forms of computer mediated communication to discuss class topics: an asynchronous electronic bulletin board, and a synchronous text chat…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Computer Mediated Communication, Epistemology