A cross-case comparison of BSCW in different educational settings

Nicolaas Sikkel; E.M. Gommer; Johan (CTIT) van der Veen

A cross-case comparison of BSCW in different educational settings

Nicolaas Sikkel
, E.M. Gommer
, Johan (CTIT) van der Veen

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Abstract

We evaluate the use of BSCW shared workspaces in higher education by a comparison of seven courses in which this environment was used. We identified a number of different functions for which the BSCW environment has been used. Effectiveness for the given task appears to be a prime success factor for using ICT. But an effective tool may fail due to other factors like ease of use and organisational, social-cultural or technological obstacles. In some cases BSCW was adequate, but abandoned in favour of more efficient tools for performing the same task. The particular strength of a shared workspace is providing a repository for objects of collaborative work. While other types of usage showed mixed results, it is this core functionality for which BSCW is most effective and quite efficient.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	European perspectives on computer-supported collaborative learning : proceedings of the first European conference on computer-supported collaborative learning : March 22-24, 2001, Universiteit Maastricht, the Netherlands
Editors	Pierre Dillenbourg, Anneke Eurelings, Kai Hakkarainen
Place of Publication	Maastricht
Publisher	Unigraphic
Pages	553-560
Number of pages	734
ISBN (Print)	9789056810979
Publication status	Published - 2001

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Publisher	Unigraphic

Keywords

IR-58959
collaborative authoring
Shared workspaces
evaluation of ICT usage

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Sikkel, N., Gommer, E. M., & van der Veen, J. (2001). A cross-case comparison of BSCW in different educational settings. In P. Dillenbourg, A. Eurelings, & K. Hakkarainen (Eds.), European perspectives on computer-supported collaborative learning : proceedings of the first European conference on computer-supported collaborative learning : March 22-24, 2001, Universiteit Maastricht, the Netherlands (pp. 553-560). Unigraphic.

Sikkel, Nicolaas ; Gommer, E.M. ; van der Veen, Johan (CTIT). / A cross-case comparison of BSCW in different educational settings. European perspectives on computer-supported collaborative learning : proceedings of the first European conference on computer-supported collaborative learning : March 22-24, 2001, Universiteit Maastricht, the Netherlands. editor / Pierre Dillenbourg ; Anneke Eurelings ; Kai Hakkarainen. Maastricht : Unigraphic, 2001. pp. 553-560

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Sikkel, N, Gommer, EM & van der Veen, J 2001, A cross-case comparison of BSCW in different educational settings. in P Dillenbourg, A Eurelings & K Hakkarainen (eds), European perspectives on computer-supported collaborative learning : proceedings of the first European conference on computer-supported collaborative learning : March 22-24, 2001, Universiteit Maastricht, the Netherlands. Unigraphic, Maastricht, pp. 553-560.

A cross-case comparison of BSCW in different educational settings. / Sikkel, Nicolaas; Gommer, E.M.; van der Veen, Johan (CTIT).
European perspectives on computer-supported collaborative learning : proceedings of the first European conference on computer-supported collaborative learning : March 22-24, 2001, Universiteit Maastricht, the Netherlands. ed. / Pierre Dillenbourg; Anneke Eurelings; Kai Hakkarainen. Maastricht: Unigraphic, 2001. p. 553-560.

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