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120 7 Social Learning Perspective of Educational Technology

Fig. 7.5 Example of group product about Chinese brush (used with permission from Zheng)

(3) Features of technology in social learning can be described to promote student
collaboration and knowledge creation, enhance student cognitive performance
or foster deep understanding, add flexibility of time and space for social
learning and promote student engagement and keep track of student
collaboration.
(4) The group development process can be described based on the five-stage
model: forming, norming, storming, performing, and adjourning.
(5) Building learning community usually includes five steps: introductions, iden-
tification with the group, interaction, group cohesion and individual reflection,
and expansive questioning.
(6) Group performance can be measured and analyzed in three aspects, namely
social interactions, content interaction, and group product.

Learning Resources

• The Centre for the Study of Higher Education explores some of the benefits and
challenges of group work, including group formation, group processes and
procedures and assessment. Web site: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/lets/toolkit/
teaching/smallgroup