- N. Rummel, A. Weinberger, Christof Wecker, F. Fischer, A. Meier, E. Voyiatzaki, Georgios Kahrimanis, H. Spada, N. Avouris, Erin Walker, K. Koedinger, C. Rosé, Rohit Kumar, G. Gweon, Yi-Chia Wang, Mahesh Joshi. 2008. New challenges in CSCL: towards adaptive script support. Abstract: Scaffolding learners, i.e. helping learners to attain tasks they could not accomplish without support, entails the notion of fading, i.e. reducing the scaffolding for learners to become more and more self-regulated. Fading implies to tailor support for collaboration, such as collaboration scripts, to the particular needs of the specific collaborators. In computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL) settings, support can be designed in a very restrictive and inflexible fashion; at the same time computerized settings open new possibilities for the realization of adaptive support as they enable automation of analysis and feedback mechanisms. In this symposium we present new technical approaches and latest empirical research on possibilities and limitations of adaptive support for learners in CSCL settings.
