SIDE-VIEW: A social identity account of computer-supported collaborative learning
Vol.5,No.2(2011)
collaborative learning; e-learning; social identity; psychology; cohesion
Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers (PhD, Manchester University, 2002), Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bolton, UK. Previous posts have included an EPSRC postdoctoral research fellowship and research on EC 5th Framework RTD project. His research focuses on social psychological aspects of computer-mediated communication, e-learning, and in particular small group collaborative learning. Recent research has also investigated interactions in the virtual world of Second Life. He has published a variety of articles, book chapters and presented at a number of international conferences.
Martin Lea
Martin Lea (PhD, Lancaster University, 1983). Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Manchester, UK. He previously held a postdoctoral fellowship in information technology from the SERC, and a special training fellowship from the Joint Research Council Initiative in Cognitive Science/Human Computer Interaction. He has also worked as a researcher at the Institute of Educational Technology, Open University. His main research interests are in the social psychology and sociology of communication technologies. He has written about computer-mediated communication and the Internet in social psychology, communication, organization science, and human computer interaction journals and books. He previously edited Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication for Harvester-Wheatsheaf.
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