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Fostering College Students' Design Thinking in a Knowledge-Building Environment
- Source :
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Educational Technology Research and Development . Jun 2020 68(3):949-974. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Knowledge building is an innovative pedagogy aiming to transform students into expert-like knowledge workers. The purpose of this study was to foster teacher-education students' design performance (i.e., observation, synthesis, ideation and prototypes) in a knowledge-building environment. The participants were 38 college students from a Taiwanese university. They were randomly assigned to eight groups. Each group used the Knowledge Forum--a computer-supported collaborative knowledge-building environment--to develop and discuss the design products of their choice. Data analysis focused on the groups' online knowledge-building activities, online design thinking processes, and the relationship between them. In general, knowledge-building activities facilitated students' design thinking. Specifically, we considered the extent to which student groups' sustained online engagement and increased knowledge had a major impact on their design performance. Ways of applying knowledge-building principles to foster effective design processes are discussed.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1042-1629
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Educational Technology Research and Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1256282
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-019-09712-0