CSCL an der Universität Siegen

- the learner is a black box 

- the learning happens as adoption of stimulus-response patterns

- consequences and re-inforcements, deriving from a certain behaviour lead to learn effects

- computers are suitable media for that

- pioneer of school of reflexology

- key-research vegetative nervous systems

- experiment classical conditioning

- experiment with a dog that emits salvia while getting food

- every time bell rings dog learns he gets food

learning of elementary stimuli like happiness or fear

- Focus on processes, occurring between stimulus and response

- Focus on cognitive processes as intervening variables

- Separation between learning and performing of the learned behavior

- Learning can happen without implementation of learned contents into visible behavior

- learning can occur in bigger units as: stimulus response

Latent learning: Acquiring knowledge without using it

- Maturana

- living Systems: autopoietc vs dead Systems: allopoietic

- Differentiation in biological and cognitive systems

- Attributes of autopoietic systems: operational closness

no determination of systems by the environment

self-organizing systems

- Simon Papert at MIT 

- construction of knowledge based on experiences

- construction of meaningful artifacts for learn support

- Learning is supported by computer-based construction of learning tools

Hypothesis: computer offer opportunities for self-determined and free learning

We need a new didactical approach for computer-based learning  

=> Therefore "computer science" inappropriate because it does not exploit potentials for creativity

- should be part of school subjects

- using computers to explore problems and present solutions to others

- The learning experience with computers target control of the world

- Absence of bodily and sensual experience

- Absence of social compoetencies 

- a programming language for kids

- movement of a turtle p.20

- project oriented learning schools

- pupils work on a project in mixed-age teams

- results of project work are presented to younger pupils

- learning software as a medium for presentation of results

- learning software is constructed by project teams

microworlds logo as programming environment

• Human acting is situated in social context
• not: the result of the cognitive process of isolated individual
• Certain nearness to behaviorism -> external stimulant of human learning
• But: great importance of symbolic interaction (finding, communication and negotiation)
• looking for structures and usefulness
• process of interaction between humans are based on individual actions
• interaction turns human attention to certain things
• existence of spontaneity and creativity
• social reality is not independent of humans
• knowledge not stored in people and cannot be retrieved from the mind
• is newly constructed in every situation
• simple knowledge transfer is not possible

- study of user behavior with photocopiers

Differentiation:

•  a cognitive representative plans: illustration of the menu
• situated actions: reaction to concrete handling of an instrument

Resuts:

• Behavior of the user cannot solely  derived from plans
• human acting is just explainable through embedding in concrete social contexts