Proactive behaviour may lead to failure in virtual project-based collaborative learning

Authors:
Pernille Bjørn;Morten Hertzum
Affiliations:
Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark;Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
Venue:
GROUP '05 Proceedings of the 2005 international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work
Year:
2005

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Abstract

This paper argues that proactive behaviour, caused by high engagement and motivation of the learners, may lead to failure of collaborative learning. By examining empirical data from real-world text-only virtual negotiations between dispersed participants engaged in project-based collaborative learning, we discover that volunteering self-initiated activities promotes the participants' individualistic behaviour. Also, the technology made it easy for participants to include their own statements in new contributions and deconstruct the statements of others, permitting few opportunities for others to influence proposals.