Collaboration by choice: Youth online creative collabs in Scratch

Yasmin Kafai, Ricarose Roque, Deborah Fields, Andres Monroy-Hernandez

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Abstract

Online creative production has received considerable attention for its success in creating Wikipedia and Free and Open Source Software yet few youth participate in such voluntary online collaborations, in particular in programming contexts. In this paper, we describe how youth programmers organized collaborative groups or collabs in response to a design challenge in the Scratch Online Community. We report on participation in the "Collab Challenge" in the Scratch community at large and with particular groups, designers' efforts in recruiting and organizing collab groups, and the role of community feedback. In the discussion, we address what we learned about youth's informal collaborative skills, fostering community participation, and the design of online communities supportive of creative collaboration, and open issues for further research.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2011
Pages189-193
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event19th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2011 - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Duration: Nov 28 2011Dec 2 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2011

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2011
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityChiang Mai
Period11/28/1112/2/11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Education

Keywords

  • Collaboration
  • Online community
  • Programming

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