iCollaborate or Not: Does Technology Impede Collaborative Learning among Primary Grade Students?

William R. Garris, Lindsay Lester, Erin Doran, Andrea Lowery, Amy Weber

Abstract


The practice of education promotes both social interaction and the utilization of technology.  Although significant research has explored the role of technology in education, less attention has considered the effect of technology on group learning processes.  This experimental study examined the way in which  technology affected group interactions among primary grades youth who were  engaged in a learning task.  The social processes in the learning groups that used technology showed little difference from the groups not using technology, except for a measure that tracked role fulfillment.  The report compares the groups and discusses ICT mediated collaborative learning.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.17.5.5


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education, collaborative learning, information and communication technology, social interactions

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