A sense of Purpose

E-Learning A Collaborative Medium:
The Semantic Web and Shared Cognitive Development


Purpose of Research
• Elaborate the meaning of collaboration in an online environment
• Identify the potential of the semantic web
• Identify where / how collaboration occurs
• Measure the occurrence of shared cognition

Analyse;
• Is facilitation key to successful collaboration
• Is shared cognition pre-determined by teaching and learning methodologies
• Can a scaffold be used to achieve shared cognition