the score increased from 7 to 19.5. For case 3, the
score increased from 10.5 to 19.5.
These results show that the framework had a
greater impact in case 2 (lower level of adherence)
and less impact in case 3 (greater level of adherence).
It is noted, therefore, that in the cases in which
educators presented more expressive difficulties in
terms of design (without the use of the
framework),
the proposed framework presented greater support
capability (to carry out a design more adherent to the
design principles). On the other hand, the lower this
difficulty for educators (analyzing the cases, as a
whole), the lower the support capability provided to
them by the framework.
Table 9 presents the results for two of the many
questions present in the interview carried out in phase
3 of the data collection protocol. Question "a" asked
the educator if the framework provides adequate
support for the design of CL scenarios. Question "b"
asked whether the educator, based on the experience
of using the framework, changed his/her perception
of how to design CL scenarios.
Table 9: Answers to (some) interview questions.
The results show that, for question "a", all
educators answered that the framework provided
moderate to high support and guidance in order to
assist them in specifying the design elements – that is,
in designing CL scenarios. Similarly, for question
“b”, all educators answered that the experience of
using the proposed framework was able to change
their view regarding how to design CL scenarios, in a
positive way. For all these educators, the framework
made it possible to specify several design elements
that they did not consider when planning their group
work scenarios.
8 CONCLUSIONS
Careful planning is essential to the effectiveness of
collaborative learning processes. However, the
planning process of CL scenarios is complex;
therefore, they are usually inappropriately and
inefficiently structured, making it difficult for
students to achieve learning objectives.
Previous studies indicate the need to provide
educators
with useful and proper support and
guidance, exposing them to parameters and processes
that should be accounted in the CL scenarios design
process. In this study,
it was investigated how
educators perform designing of CL
scenarios
while
teaching an undergraduate course in the computer
science domain. A design infrastructure was
developed and evaluated through a case study with 22
professors of a federal university.
The results showed that the framework was able
to support and guide all educators in carrying out a
collaborative learning design more adherent to a set
of design principles (a set of recommendations with
the purpose of guiding educators throughout the CL
design process).
As future work, it is intended to analyze whether
and how the framework is able to support educators
in conducting the learning process. Moreover, it is
proposed to investigate the impact of the framework
on learners’ learning.
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