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SUMMARY:EARLI Advanced Study Colloquium 2010: Motivation to Learn in Socia
 l Contexts (10th-14th May) - David Whitebread\, Faculty of Education\, Uni
 versity of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Nichola Daily
DESCRIPTION:*ABSTRACT:  The need for an Advanced Study Colloquium*. The fi
 rst decade of the 21st century has seen an ever-expanding definition of le
 arning and learning environments. In schools\, there has been an increasin
 g emphasis on the importance of learning in groups. At the same time\, the
  physical boundaries of “group learning” are being broken down by adva
 nces in technology and communication. Group learning now routinely happens
  asynchronously\, with members residing around the world. Motivation theor
 y has traditionally looked at the individual\, focusing on personality cha
 racteristics and the influence of external factors to explain self-regulat
 ion and motivation to learn. The study of learning in groups or activity s
 ystems\, including computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) has\, 
 in turn\, neglected the socio-emotional aspects of social settings. Work i
 n both fields has been limited by the lack of interaction among scholars a
 nd the constraints of existing theories. Given the increasing importance o
 f understanding learning and motivation in groups\, we are proposing a joi
 nt colloquium aimed at integrating individual and social\, and cognition a
 nd motivation.
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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