Building a learning community among faculty, librarians and students using computer-supported collaborative learning: An activity theory approach

Abstract

Activity Theory has a specific use as a tool that shows the structure of the activities between people and mediation under particular context. In this paper, the researchers use it as a framework for the design of the collaborative learning activities under creative problem solving process using Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning as mediated tools. It is also used as a unit of analysis framework to examine and to get a better understanding of the interactions among the students, instructors and librarians through Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning environment. Indepth interview and participants' observation are used as main qualitative approach to collect data in order to explain the way the participants use the tools, and how the tools support and affect them in their collaborative learning to achieve the goals.