Towards next steps for the CSCL Community: Advancing science and informing real world collaboration in Web 2.0

The CSCL community is at a crossroads -- at the brink of new paradigms in theories, methods, and forms of support, as new opportunities for impact in the expanding Web 2.0 space present themselves.  As a community, we must find a strategic footing within the changing landscape.  We need to advance and integrate new theories, methods, and supportive technologies. To that end, one goal of the workshop is to identify cross-cutting themes in CSCL research related to alternative Web 2.0 platforms. Another goal is to identify a strategic positioning for research in CSCL in synergy with the HCI/CSCW literature.

In this highly interactive workshop, we will have invited presentations, panel discussions with audience participation, and poster sessions. Each participant is invited (but not required!) to bring a poster related to one of the three workshop themes: Collaboration in Social Networks, Collaboration in Work Communities, and Coordination and Self-Regulation in Online Learning Communities.

Historically, prior to the rise of Web 2.0, the field of Computer Supported Cooperative Work encompassed collaboration broadly, including both learning and work.  However, over time differential concerns related to learning and work led to division between communities.  On the positive side, the CSCL community was birthed, matured, flourished, and has made important advances over time.  Nevertheless, the split has also resulted in missed opportunities.  With the rise of Web 2.0, the commonality of concerns between communities has increased, however, communication between communities has not kept up with this shift.  With the recent rise of the MOOCs, the overlap in interests has grown still more, and yet the fragmentation between subfields continues.  

Considering the crossroads -- What we need to do is advance and integrate new theories, methods, and supportive technologies. One goal is to identify cross-cutting themes in CSCL research related to alternative Web 2.0 platforms. Another goal is to identify a strategic positioning for research in CSCL in synergy with the HCI/CSCW literature.

Tentative Schedule

Session 1: 9:00-11:30 Collaboration in Social Networks
9:00-9:30 Coffee and Posters
9:30-9:55 Dimitra: Collaboration in Facebook
9:55-10:20 Yasmin: Collaboration in Gaming Communities
10:20-10:50 Panel: Heisawn Jeong, Susan Yoon, Armin Weinberger
10:50-11:30 Open discussion

11:30-12:30 Lunch

Session 2: 12:30-3:00 Collaboration in Work Communities
12:30-1:00 Coffee and Posters
1:00-1:25 Ulrike: Collaboration in Wikipedia
1:25-1:50 Deborah Fields: Collaboration in Scratch
1:50-2:20 Panel: Sten Ludwigsen, Jun Oshima, Jim Slotta
2:20-3:00 Open discussion
Session 3: 3:00-5:30 Coordination and Self-Regulation in Online Learning Communities
3:00-3:30 Coffee and Posters
3:30-3:55 Carolyn Rose, Yohan Jo and Dragan Gaesevic: Collaboration in MOOCs
3:55-4:20 Sean Goggins: Coordination in online communities
4:20-4:50 Panel: Nikol Rummel, Simon Knight, Karsten Stegmann
4:50-5:30 Open discussion and Wrap up
Here is the link to
Sean Goggins' recorded talk.

Feel free to contact Ulrike Cress (u.cress@iwm-kmrc.de) or Carolyn Rose (cprose@cs.cmu.edu) if you have questions.

Carolyn Penstein Rose (cprose@cs.cmu.edu)/ Carnegie Mellon University