The concept of project-based learning (PBL) has garnered wide support among a number of
K-12 education policy advocates and funders. This working paper builds on and updates a …

This paper reviews the research conducted in the last 20 years on the application of
technology in support of collaborative learning in higher education. The review focuses …

This article examines formative interventions as we understand them in cultural-historical
activity theory and reflects on key differences between this intervention research tradition …

Pressures are increasing on educational policy and practice to use research to guide
improvement. Recently there have been concerted efforts to forge new and different kinds of …

During the past decade, design-based research has demonstrated its potential as a
methodology suitable to both research and design of technology-enhanced learning …

In a recent meta-analysis of distance and online learning, Bernard et al.(2009) quantitatively
verified the importance of three types of interaction: among students, between the instructor …

Joseph S. Krajcik and Phyllis C. Blumenfeld many students are bored in school. But many of
them tend to assume that boredom is not a problem with the best stu-dents, and that if …

Social Network Theory and Educational Change offers a provocative and fascinating
exploration of how social networks in schools can impede or facilitate the work of education …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

This book was stimulated by a debate held at the 2007 annual convention of the American
Educational Research Association. It is interesting to note that many well-known scholars …