Education for Social Responsibility: The Use of CSCL in Undergraduate Service-Learning Modules

Anchana Sooksomchitra, Prakob Koraneekij, Jaitip Na-Songkhla

Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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DOI: 10.4236/ce.2013.49B012                

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to develop an educational module for undergraduate student that effectively supports a project-based learning, and to cultivate a sense of students’ social responsibility. The researcher recognizes computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) as a powerful tool in supporting students to share their meaningful learning activity and project. The tool can vastly and conveniently broaden the students’ learning experience and facilitate different learning needs of individual student efficiently.

Keywords

Computer-Supported collaborative Learning (CSCL); Project-Based Learning; Service-Learning; Social Responsibility; Social Consciousness

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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