Using the World Wide Web to Build Learning Communities in K- 12

Douglas N. Gordin (1) , Louis M. Gomez (1) , Roy D. Pea (1) , Barry J. Fishman (1)

1 School of Education and Social Policy

Social accounts of learning and human knowledge have led to attempts to reorganize schools as learning communities. This paper examines the utility of World Wide Web (WWW) for aiding in the construction of school-based and work-based learning communities An ordered list of interactions is provided to characterize the depth of students entry into new learning communities. Current offerings on the WWW are then surveyed in terms of these categories. Finally, proposals are advanced for enhancing the architecture of the WWW to facilitate its use for the creation and operation of learning communities.

Keywords: kindgarten education; 5 to 17 years old (k-12)

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Technology for Human Learning

Douglas N. Gordin, Louis M. Gomez, Roy D. Pea, Barry J. Fishman. Using the World Wide Web to Build Learning Communities in K- 12. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communications, 1996, 2(3), 33 p. ⟨hal-00190601⟩