Tuesday, September 11, 2012

LA Scaffold Questions for CS Scientific Discourse

Can tech tools, especially the use of learning analytics, fulfill some roles of the members of the communities of practice that citizen scientists engage in discourse?
Can the learning analytics take on the role of the elder in a science community initiating the newbie members, citizen scientists, as apprentice-learners?
Can the tech tools that use learning analytics to support the CS engagement with the sophisticated community of practice, help bridge the gap between the researcher and the CS?
Can the LA help CS to glean expert scientific knowledge of the scintific communities in which they engage?
Can LA scaffolds in scientific discourse for CS help the CS transition to a more sophisticated disciplinary stance, use primary data for knowledge construction, and aid in generalizing claims consistent with each disciplines argument patterns?
Can LA scaffolds then serve as a way to enculcate CS, students, etc. into specific science domains?

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