Trends

= __Trends in Collaborative Education__ = = = = As the Internet has grown in popularity and accessibility among students, teachers and schools - more and more programs have been developed to take advantage of this new level of communication. =

= = = = = = =Educational Programs like the ones mentioned earlier have been created to work within this electronic life.= = = =__HOWEVER__= = = =This new approach to Collaborative Learning has shifted away from multi-level participation by students in a problem solving dynamic.= = =
 * =87% of Teens in Urban USA were online in 2004=
 * = 95% of Teens in Urban USA are online as of August 2011 =
 * =Of these 95%...80% use Social Networking sites like Facebook=
 * =Up from 55% in 2006=
 * ="Collaborative Learning Communities" __lost__ Self-Regulation and Meta-Cognitive aspects =

= = = = =__NOW__= = = =Educational Researchers and Designers are working towards new approaches that maintain a collaborative mindset on a mass scale. Their objectives are to make programs that:= = =
 * =Became "Wide Community Systems" for the mass distribution of information.=
 * =__Involve all__ cognitive systems and participants (Individual, Team, Teacher, Community) at various levels=


 * =__Mix__ //group learning// (knowledge construction, problem solving) and //community idea exchanges// (presentation to audience) =

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 * =__Shift control of the learning process to all participants,__ as opposed to a "Top-Down" / "Teacher to Student" system=

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References:
Dimitracopoulou, Angelique. "Loss of self-regulation, meta-cognition of students Designing collaborative learning systems: current trends & future research agenda". __CSCL 05 Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Computer support for collaborative learning (2005)__. International Society of the Learning Sciences, Pages: 115-124 http://www.ltee.gr/uploads/ltee_pubs/ad_adimitr%20CSCL2005.pdf

Lenhart, Amanda, et al. "Teens, kindness and cruelty on social network sites". Pew Research Center.  Nov 9, 2011. http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/Teens-and-social-media/

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