TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to describe Beehive, a new web application framework for designing and supporting synchronous collaborative learning.Design/methodology/approach– Our web engineering approach integrates educational design expertise into a technology for building tools for collaborative learning activities. Beehive simplifies the development of the collaboration tools required to implement proven educational design strategies. The methodology consists of a framework model that has three abstraction layers: pedagogical techniques, patterns, and computer supported collaborative learning components.Findings– Building eLearning systems that are informed by the educational research in design patterns, can lead to a better, richer and more flexible, infrastructure. Beehive's design enables teachers to design and use synchronous collaborative learning activities, either by using well tested research‐based learning designs or by creating their own.Research limitations/implications– The system will need to be used by a large number of teachers and learners before evaluation and usability tests are possible.Originality/value– The paper presents an integrated solution application that enables teachers and students to design and carry out synchronous collaborative learning activities in a very simple manner.
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
SN  - 1065-0741
DO  - 10.1108/10650740610674201
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/10650740610674201
AU  - Turani Aiman
AU  - Calvo Rafael A.
ED  - Kinshuk
PY  - 2006
Y1  - 2006/01/01
TI  - Beehive: a software application for synchronous collaborative learning
T2  - Campus-Wide Information Systems
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 196
EP  - 209
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -