CSILE stands for Computer- Supported Intentional Learning Environments. This system allow different forms of media to be shared into a database. The media can then be available for students to comment, share, or even modify in a collaborative format.
CSILE is focused on students working together on projects and different assignments through computer programs. Students can create "nodes" and share them with other students. The idea is that students can learn from each other and through their experience of group collaboration.
According to Marlene Scardamalia (2002), "The origins of CSILE (Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments) are in research
on knowledge building, on the nature of expertise, and on the socio-cultural dynamics of
innovation. CSILE was designed to:
(a) make advanced knowledge processes accessible to all participants, including children (Scardamalia, 2002).
(b) foster the creation and continual improvement of public artifacts or community knowledge (Scardamalia, 2002).
(c) provide a community space for carrying out this knowledge building work collaboratives. Its evolution to the second-generation knowledge building environment known as Knowledge Forum (Scardamalia, 2002)."
Scardamalia, M. (2004). CSILE/Knowledge Forum®. In Education and technology: An encyclopedia (pp. 183-192). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
(a) make advanced knowledge processes accessible to all participants, including children (Scardamalia, 2002).
(b) foster the creation and continual improvement of public artifacts or community knowledge (Scardamalia, 2002).
(c) provide a community space for carrying out this knowledge building work collaboratives. Its evolution to the second-generation knowledge building environment known as Knowledge Forum (Scardamalia, 2002)."
www.ikit.org/fulltext/CSILE_KF.pdf
CSILE's Family Tree
CSILE falls under the constructivism category as far as the overarching theoretical school is concerned. Piaget fathered the idea of Constructivism and Vygotsky is a famous philosopher on this theory as well. Constructivism in itself is based on a few key concepts. Let's start with the teacher. The role of the teacher is to be a facilitator in the learning environment. The job of the facilitator is to help the student get their own understanding of the material/ subject matter that is being focused on.
The next concept is the basis of social constructivism. This concept is that learning is an active process. Vygotsky explains that the knowledge gained through collaboration would not have been gained from the work an individual would have done alone.
We see these key values with CSILE. Students are expected to work together through using computers in order to figure out the understanding of the curriculum. Also, as students are working in the classroom, teachers are facilitating and guiding students to come up with their own thoughts and conclusions. Intentional learning is the basis here, and it simply is getting the students to achieve cognitive objectives by themselves.
Scardamalia and Bereiter(1994) explain that "CSILE is described as a means for reframing classroom discourse to support knowledge building in ways extensible to out-of-school knowledge-advancing enterprises. Some of the most fundamental problems are logistic, and it is in solving these logistic problems that we see the greatest potential for educational technology."
Examples
An example that you can see this process in action is the DIG project. This project was done at Hawthorne Elementary in Oakland, CA. The project involves creating your own civilization in small groups. The students must come up with all the different aspects that are involved with a civilization (language, government, transportation. housing, schooling, money, etc.).
Each student in the group creates their own plan and uploads it to the computer database. Next, the students in the group begin to see on their computers, all the plans that their group came up with. They then start to comment on each other plans and work together to combine the ideas into their group civilization.
Throughout the process, students have to come up with reasons why they made the decisions they made. Constant uploading and collaborative modifications are being revised on the computer. The group project in this format causes the students to learn how to work together. It also gets them thinking about ideals and concepts about why they are creating what they are creating. Finally, the students can learn from one another and spark ideas within the group.
Another example is the City Planning Project. All the same concepts are being used, but now the students are designing a city. So blueprints of the city are being created and uploaded to the computer. The students get to work together to modify the blueprints. Students also get to build the city out of paper and tape. This project and even the project before, try to incorporate all of the school subjects into one project. That way the students can collaborate and cover all of the standards that the curriculum require.
https://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/city.html
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZAMYfos0Xw
REFERENCES
CSILE's Family Tree
CSILE falls under the constructivism category as far as the overarching theoretical school is concerned. Piaget fathered the idea of Constructivism and Vygotsky is a famous philosopher on this theory as well. Constructivism in itself is based on a few key concepts. Let's start with the teacher. The role of the teacher is to be a facilitator in the learning environment. The job of the facilitator is to help the student get their own understanding of the material/ subject matter that is being focused on.
The next concept is the basis of social constructivism. This concept is that learning is an active process. Vygotsky explains that the knowledge gained through collaboration would not have been gained from the work an individual would have done alone.
We see these key values with CSILE. Students are expected to work together through using computers in order to figure out the understanding of the curriculum. Also, as students are working in the classroom, teachers are facilitating and guiding students to come up with their own thoughts and conclusions. Intentional learning is the basis here, and it simply is getting the students to achieve cognitive objectives by themselves.
Scardamalia and Bereiter(1994) explain that "CSILE is described as a means for reframing classroom discourse to support knowledge building in ways extensible to out-of-school knowledge-advancing enterprises. Some of the most fundamental problems are logistic, and it is in solving these logistic problems that we see the greatest potential for educational technology."
Examples
An example that you can see this process in action is the DIG project. This project was done at Hawthorne Elementary in Oakland, CA. The project involves creating your own civilization in small groups. The students must come up with all the different aspects that are involved with a civilization (language, government, transportation. housing, schooling, money, etc.).
Each student in the group creates their own plan and uploads it to the computer database. Next, the students in the group begin to see on their computers, all the plans that their group came up with. They then start to comment on each other plans and work together to combine the ideas into their group civilization.
Throughout the process, students have to come up with reasons why they made the decisions they made. Constant uploading and collaborative modifications are being revised on the computer. The group project in this format causes the students to learn how to work together. It also gets them thinking about ideals and concepts about why they are creating what they are creating. Finally, the students can learn from one another and spark ideas within the group.
Another example is the City Planning Project. All the same concepts are being used, but now the students are designing a city. So blueprints of the city are being created and uploaded to the computer. The students get to work together to modify the blueprints. Students also get to build the city out of paper and tape. This project and even the project before, try to incorporate all of the school subjects into one project. That way the students can collaborate and cover all of the standards that the curriculum require.
https://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/EdTech/city.html
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZAMYfos0Xw
REFERENCES
- Scardamalia, M., & Bereiter, C. (1994). Computer support for knowledge-building communities. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 3(3), 265-283. HTML
Scardamalia, M. (2004). CSILE/Knowledge Forum®. In Education and technology: An encyclopedia (pp. 183-192). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
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