Analyse d’activités collaboratives à distance dans le cadre d’un dispositif d’apprentissage de la modélisation scientifique

Abstract

This article reports on research focusing on the process of distance collaborative modelling, analysed by means of a series of observations in schools. This approach is based on the use by learners, with assistance of a tutor, of the data provided by the activity track, i.e. data recorded by ModellingSpace, a learning environment for scientific modelling with online shared workspace and distance messaging.The results of a multiple-case study of a sample of students in secondary education, aged thirteen to fifteen, indicate that the system allows to develop essential modelling skills and is conducive to highly interactive modes of collaboration.

Keywords

• Scientific modelling
• collaborative learning
• tutor
• online interactions
• synchronous communication
• metacognitive strategies