Chapters * Title * Contents * Introduction * Place * System * Design * Using * Future * Bibliography
Sections
* Place * Constructionist * Evocative * Crystallizing * MediaFusion * Organizing * Why * Glass * Multiplayer * Reflection * MUD
Crystallizing Context: CSILE
Experts, for the most part, don't build their knowledge in a vacuum. Scientists publish, lawyers argue cases and go to lunch
and engineers e-mail each other constantly. Why should students be mired in a model that doesn't include presentation? CSILE
(for Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environment) builds upon the scientific model of publication. Students write notes
(which can consist of various bits of media) and commentary on other students' notes. Notes can be put forth as candidates for
publication which causes them to be submitted for review (by other students with a final clearance from the teacher.) Notes
which survive review are marked as published and can be selectively searched against. While this process may seem
mechanism-heavy, the creators of the system argue that the process is an important subject in itself.
Greg Kimberly/gregkimb@gak.com