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Collaborative Knowledge Building through Online Reflective Journals

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Publication date2007
Host publicationBeyond control: learning technology for the social network generation. : Research Proceedings of the 14th Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C 2007) Held 4–6 September 2007, Nottingham University, England, UK.
EditorsS Wheeler, N Whitton
PublisherThe Association for Learning Technology
ISBN (print)9780954587062
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Using the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin and the results of a three-year EU
TEMPUS project (2002-5) coordinated by Manchester Metropolitan
University, and a follow up ESCalate project (2005) in the Udmurt Republic,
Russian Federation, this paper assesses the usefulness of computer mediated
communication, in particular online reflective journals as a means of
encouraging collaborative knowledge building in the field of social policy in
Russia. It explores the difficulties of using such a technique in Russia, where
academics and practitioners are unfamiliar with reflective practices, and
outlines the benefits of using this approach and Bakhtin’s theory of speech
genres in analysing how collaborative knowledge building takes place.