A cross-case comparison of BSW in different educational settings

Klaas Sikkel; Lisa Gommer; Jan van der Veen

A cross-case comparison of BSW in different educational settings

Klaas Sikkel, Lisa Gommer, Jan 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	English
Title of host publication	European perspectives on computer-supported collaborative learning
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the First European Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning : March 22-24, 2001, Universiteit Maastricht, the Netherlands
Place of Publication	Maastricht
Publisher	Unigraphic
Pages	553-560
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	90-5681-097-9
Publication status	Published - 22 Mar 2001
Event	First European Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, EuroCSCL 2001 - Maastricht, Netherlands Duration: 22 Mar 2001 → 24 Mar 2001 Conference number: 1

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Conference	First European Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, EuroCSCL 2001
Abbreviated title	EuroCSCL
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Maastricht
Period	22/03/01 → 24/03/01

Keywords

Shared workspaces
Collaborative authoring
Evaluation of ICT usage

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Sikkel, K., Gommer, L., & van der Veen, J. (2001). A cross-case comparison of BSW in different educational settings. In 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. https://www.isls.org/cscl/Euro2001/Papers/146.doc

Sikkel, Klaas ; Gommer, Lisa ; van der Veen, Jan. / A cross-case comparison of BSW 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. Maastricht : Unigraphic, 2001. pp. 553-560

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Sikkel, K, Gommer, L & van der Veen, J 2001, A cross-case comparison of BSW in different educational settings. in 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, First European Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, EuroCSCL 2001, Maastricht, Netherlands, 22/03/01. <https://www.isls.org/cscl/Euro2001/Papers/146.doc>

A cross-case comparison of BSW in different educational settings. / Sikkel, Klaas; Gommer, Lisa; van der Veen, Jan.
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. Maastricht: Unigraphic, 2001. p. 553-560.

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