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From: SocioTechnical approaches to Information Systems Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Isa Jahnke Sent: 23 July 2010 10:28 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: cfp CSCL at Work CALL FOR POSITION PAPERS "CSCL at work" http://www.csclatwork.org Submission Deadline: Sept, 19th, 2010 Workshop at ACM Conference GROUP'10; 7 November 2010, Sanibel Island, Florida http://www.acm.org/conferences/group/conferences/group10/ TOPIC "CSCL at work" We invite researchers as well as practitioners to submit a position paper about computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) in the workplace. With this workshop we want to bring people together from different scientific communities, for example, CSCL and CSCW. Researchers will need to consider how CSCL at work is designed for and studied. What are the theoretical and methodological implications of the cases presented, and where do they take this emerging research space? Practitioners will be compelled to rethink how workplace training is conducted, and how more collaborative learning strategies could contribute to higher performance, faster transfer of technology from research and development to product and changes to other significant output measures. In this context, learning is no longer an activity that is separate from work. Learning at work is also about more than acquiring new information to perform a task, but about developing new knowledge to help a firm, an organization or a government improve its services in socially measurable as well as economically measurable ways. Three goals motivate the workshop: 1) To identify and discuss examples of CSCL at work. 2) To identify theoretical and methodological commonalities and contrasts across the represented disciplines relative to CSCL at work. 3) To further define the constituency of researchers who share an interest in exploring collaborative learning in the workplace. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK The aim of the workshop is to share examples of CSCL at work and subsequently fill a significant gap in the literature. A number of existing works provide empirical research on collaborative work practices [Crabtree et al. 2006; Lave and Wenger, 1991], the sharing of information at work [Brown and Duguid, 2000; Davenport, 2005], and the development of communities of practice in workplace settings [Wenger, 1998]. Others examine the munificent variation of information and communication technology use in the work place, including studies of informal social networks, formal information distribution and other socio-technical combinations found in work settings [Hinds and Weisband, 2003]. Another significant thread of prior work is focused on computer supported collaborative learning, much of it investigating the application of computer support for learning in the context of traditional educational institutions, like public schools, private schools, colleges and tutoring organizations. Exciting new theories of how knowledge is constructed by groups [Stahl, 2006], how teachers contribute to collaborative learning and the application of socio-technical scripts is emerging from workplace studies [Bødker and Christiansen, 2006; Turner et al. 2008]. WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION To participate in the workshop, discussants will be asked for a position paper of up to 4 pages in standard ACM format. We can offer an outstanding book proposal with Springer on this topic, and an edited book is one possible next step. Accepted workshop proposals could be published as extended paper in the edited book. SUBMISSION DEADLINE September, 19th, 2010 SUBMISSION Please email your position paper to the workshop organizers (not more than 4 pages; ACM templates http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). AGENDA & PROCESS The workshop will be a full day. It will open with a situating presentation by the organizers and be followed by topically oriented small group breakout sessions. Position papers will be selected for featured talks in the afternoon. The workshop will conclude with a decision on next steps. ORGANIZERS - Sean P. Goggins, Drexel University, USA, [log in to unmask] (corresponding co-organizer) - Isa Jahnke, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany, [log in to unmask] - Volker Wulf, University of Siegen, Germany, [log in to unmask] REFERENCES -Ackerman, M., Pipek, V. and Wulf, V. 2003. Sharing Expertise - Beyond Knowledge Management. MIT Press. -Bødker, S. and Christiansen, E. 2006. Computer Support for Social Awareness in Flexible Work. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. 15, 1-28. -Brown, J. S. and Duguid, P. 2000. The Social Life of Information. Harvard Business School Press; -Crabtree, A., O'Neill, J., Tolmie, P., Colmbino, T., and Grasso, A. 2006. The Practical Indispensability of Articulation Work to Immediate and Remote Help Giving. CSCW 2006. 219-228. -Davenport, T. H. 2005. Thinking for a Living. Harvard Business School Press Boston. -Hinds, P. and Weisband, S. 2003. Knowledge Sharing and Shared Understanding in Virtual Teams. Creating Conditions for Effective Virtual Teams. -Huysman, M. and Wulf, V. 2004. Social Capital and Information Technology. MIT Press. -Lave, J. and Wenger, E. 1991. Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation. Cambridge University Press. -Stahl, G. 2006 Group Cognition: Computer Support for Building Collaborative Knowledge. MIT Press. -Turner, W., Bowker, G. C., Gasser, L., and Zacklad, M. 2006. Information Infrastructures for Distributed Collective Practices. Computer Supported Cooperative Work. 15, 93-110. -Wenger, E. 1998. Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning and Identity. Cambridge University Press. ************************************************************************************ Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html *************************************************************************************