Theoretical Investigations

Dr. Gerry Stahl taught human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL), computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) and social informatics (SI) at Drexel University from 2002-2014. He is trained in computer science, artificial intelligence, social philosophy, cognitive science and learning science, with a research approach in theory building, system development and empirical studies of software usage. A world-class researcher in CSCL, he has developed software systems and prototypes to explore support for collaborative learning and to develop the theory of CSCL. In addition to organizing international conferences and authoring over 300 professional publications and presentations, he published three major books based on his research in the Virtual Math Teams Project (VMT). He directed the VMT research project from 2003-2014 in collaboration with the Math Forum and Rutgers-Newark, with about $6 million in NSF funding. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (IJCSCL).

• Part I - Theory: Broadening the scope of CSCL.- Chapter 1: A relational, indirect and meso level approach to CSCL design in the next decade.- Chapter 2: Technology affordances for intersubjective meaning making: A research agenda for CSCL.- Chapter 3: Recalibrating reference within a dual-space interaction environment.- Chapter 4: How to bring a technical artifact into use: A micro-developmental perspective.- Chapter 5: Instrumental genesis in technology-mediated learning: From double stimulation to expansive knowledge practices.- Chapter 6: A systemic and cognitive view on collaborative knowledge building with wikis.- Chapter 7: ncing understanding using Nonaka's model of knowledge creation and problem-based learning.- Part II - Methodology: Analyzing the mechanisms of CSCL.- Chapter 8: Group practices.- Chapter 9: Book review: Exploring thinking as communicating in CSCL.- Chapter 10: The joint organization of interaction within a multimodal CSCL medium.- Chapter 11: Analyzing group coordination when solving geometry problems with dynamic-geometry software.- Chapter 12: Time is precious: Variable- and event-centred approaches to process analysis in CSCL research.- Chapter 13: The multi-layered nature of small-group learning: Productive interactions in object-oriented collaboration.- Part III - Practices: Innovative applications of CSCL.- Chapter 14: Productive failure in CSCL groups.- Chapter 15: Real-time mutual gaze perception enhances collaborative learning and collaboration quality.- Chapter 16: Advancing knowledge building discourse through judgments of promising ideas.- Chapter 17: The Singapore experience: Synergy of national policy, classroom practice and design research.