ICLS 2000 Proceedings

Motivational Processes in CSILE-Based Learning

Marjaana Rahikainen
Centre for Learning Research
University of Turku
20014 Turku, Finland
Tel: +358 50 331 4173, Fax: +358 2 333 8497
Email: marahi@utu.fi,

Sanna Jarvela & Hanna Salovaara
Department of Teacher Education
University of Oulu
P.O. Box 2000,
90401 Oulu, Finland
Email: sjarvela@ktk.oulu.fi, hsalovaa@ktk.oulu.fi

Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to describe motivational processes in a situation of computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL). The study focused on examining whether students representing different motivational orientations would be able to productively function in a CSCL environment in which self-regulation and collaborative inquiry were encouraged. Coping with the new learning environments may be very demanding for a student because he or she has a new cognitive relationship with tasks as well as with the teacher. Two case studies are described and analyzed in order to demonstrate students' motivational interpretations in a CSILE-based progressive inquiry project. The results of these case studies indicate that there were no considerable changes in students' motivational orientations, but students self-reported orientations corresponded to their actual engagement.

Keywords: motivation, distributed learning environments, computer-mediated communication

Preferred Citation Format:
Rahikainen, M., Jarvela, S., & Salovaara, H. (2000). Motivational Processes in CSILE-Based Learning. In B. Fishman & S. O'Connor-Divelbiss (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 50-51). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

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