a Computer and Information Sciences Department, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252-0001, USA b Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252-0001, USA
Abstract:
In this paper we take an interactivist perspective on the computer-mediated classroom, and explore the autopoietic teaching approach in the context of emergence of diversity in the classroom. The POPSICLE (Patterns in Orientation: Pattern-Aided Simulated Interaction Context-Learning Experiment) is presented and discussed, as well as its multiple consequences. POPSICLE is a study of learning in human subjects, as well as of interaction and transfer of knowledge between subjects in a collaborative environment.