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How Group Working Was Used to Provide a Constructive Computer-Based Learning Environment

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In this paper, the development and evaluation of a computer based multimedia learning environment capable of supporting group working is reported. The application developed in this study was used in a Further Education (FE) college by tutors and students following a catering course. Learners engaged in the application, performing a range of tasks, based on group working and role playing both on and off-computer. Although no significant difference was found between performance in individual and group work it was found that learners and teachers valued the approach used and performed at least as well on the course than in previous years.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9 AB, UK

    Trevor Barker

  2. Home Office Training, Queen Anne’s Gate, London, SW1H 9AT, UK

    Janet Barker

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  1. The Empirical Modeling Research Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK

    Meurig Beynon

  2. Adaptive Systems Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield Herts, AL10 9AB, UK

    Chrystopher L. Nehaniv  & Kerstin Dautenhahn  & 

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Barker, T., Barker, J. (2001). How Group Working Was Used to Provide a Constructive Computer-Based Learning Environment. In: Beynon, M., Nehaniv, C.L., Dautenhahn, K. (eds) Cognitive Technology: Instruments of Mind. CT 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2117. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44617-6_21

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