This is a brief progress report I presented at the ADILA working seminar.

1. PhD project: Progress
report
Aleksandra Lazareva
11.01.2016
Kristiansand

2. Contents
• Course work
• Writing & publications
• Other activities
• Data collection
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3. Course work
• Theoretical foundations of information systems (IS 607) – 10 sp
• Term paper: Adaptive structuration theory (AST) & theory of affordances
• Philosophy of science (EX 602) – 5 sp
• Term paper: Theories of collaborative learning
• Research methods in information systems (ME 602) – 5 sp
• Term paper: Action Design research
• Interaction analysis (Universitetet i Oslo, UV9112) – 3 sp
• Course paper
• Publication developed using interaction analysis
• Mini-IRIS (Information Systems Research in Scandinavia) conference on
design ethnography in information systems research in Roskilde
Universitet – 2 sp
• Research proposal
• ADILA course on interactive learning (IKT 715) ongoing – 5 sp
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4. Conceptualizing collaboration in the context of
computer-supported collaborative learning
• 7th International
conference on computer
supported education
• Short paper
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Photo: Aleksandra Lazareva

5. Together we can: Team and online collaborative work
• E-book
• http://grimstad.uia.no/puls/Groupwork/main.htm
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6. Promoting collaborative interactions in a learning
management system
• 18th International
conference on
interactive collaborative
learning
• Full paper
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Photo: Aleksandra Lazareva

7. More writing
• Co-authored a chapter titled «Towards a contingency theory of
learning» published in the book Digital media in teaching and its
added value
• In process: Literature review on collaborative learning research in the
field of information systems
• In process: Students’ perceptions of collaborative learning in a
learning management system and the online tutor’s role
• Research proposal discussed at the mini-IRIS conference
• Survey in the context of the E-teaching I course
• The role of the tutor, interactions with peers, online environment, multiculturalism
• Instituttbok on development, planning and mobilities
• Abstract deadline 15.01
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8. Other tasks
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9. ADILA symposium
• Designing engaging
computer-supported
learning (CSCL)
environments: Online
tutor as a provider of
adaptive support
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Poster: Aleksandra Lazareva

10. Teaching tasks & potential data collection settings
• E-teaching I – The international online tutor course (SV 408): Online tutor
• Students from Norway, Uganda & Sri Lanka
• E-teaching II – E-course development and implementation (SV 503): Online
tutor
• Same students but different groups
• Research methods in development studies (ME 413)
• Students following face-to-face Master’s program are merged with online
students following the Development Management program
• Training on using Fronter for collaborative learning tasks
• Læring med IT (IS 113)
• Bachelor students in information systems and teacher education
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11. THANKS TAKK TACK KIITOS СПАСИБО
DANKE MERCI GRACIAS GRAZIE OBRIGADO
Questions? Please ask!
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