Theories and methods for researching interdisciplinary learning

Monday the 17th of June 2019.

Markauskaite, Lina, The University of Sydney, lina.markauskaite@sydney.edu.au
Muukkonen, Hanni, University of Oulu, hanni.muukkonen@oulu.fi
Damsa, Crina, University of Oslo, crina.damsa@iped.uio.no
Reimann, Peter, The University of Sydney, peter.reimann@sydney.edu.au
Shaffer, David Williamson, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, dws@education.wisc.edu
Thompson, Kate, Griffith University, kate.thompson@griffith.edu.au
Kali, Yael, University of Haifa, yael.kali@edtech.haifa.ac.il
Kidron, Adi, University of California Berkeley, ady.kidron@berkeley.edu
Nerland, Monika, University of Oslo, m.b.nerland@iped.uio.no

We invite you to join us for a full-day workshop “Theories and methods for researching interdisciplinary learning” which will take place before the CSCL 2019 conference, on Monday the 17^th of June 2019.
Interdisciplinary learning (IDL) has become widespread in schools, universities, workplaces, and diverse R&D settings. However, it is a highly challenging and dispersed field of CSCL research. This workshop aims to create a more holistic picture of this research field by creating opportunities for CSCL scholars to share their theoretical and methodological tools and practices. Our aim is to establish an agenda for synthesizing the IDL research done by the CSCL community, and to create an integrated theoretical and methodological toolkit that could be shared with other researchers, designers and practitioners (in the form of a special journal issue and the IDL research network). The purpose is to assist scholars in the IDL field to conceptualize and study IDL practices more holistically and robustly. We expect that this will also assist IDL designers and practitioners to design more productive IDL environments and facilitate IDL more effectively.

We invite researchers, designers and other practitioners interested in the following broad research themes:

1. Concepts and theories: How do we conceptualize IDL? How do we delineate the scope of IDL and its relationships with other intersecting areas? What are our main objects of investigation? What kinds of theoretical approaches do we use for framing IDL research?
2. Research methods: What kinds of methodologies and analytical tools do we use for studying IDL? What kinds of analytical issues do we face? How do we assess IDL processes and outcomes? How do we take into account the extended, embodied, and enacted nature of interdisciplinary work?
3. Pedagogies and design: What are the key pedagogical approaches for teaching interdisciplinarity? What are the main design principles for designing IDL environments and courses?
4. Empirical cases: What kinds of empirical work is done by the CSCL community developing and investigating IDL? What does it say to us? What kinds of challenges does it reveal?

We welcome different types of contributions ranging from initial ideas, to work in progress, to mature and finished projects. We are looking forward to contributions that have origins in diverse disciplinary perspectives: anthropology, science and technology studies (STS), cognitive science, organizational science, linguistics, design, computer and data science, learning sciences, etc.

There are two ways to get involved in this workshop.
If you want to present, please submit your proposal outlining your work and/or ideas in relation to one or more of the above described four broad themes (up to 2 pages). Please, follow the instructions below to make your submission.
If you want to participate in the workshop without presenting, please registry to the workshop via the CSCL 2019 conference site: https://www.cscl2019.com. The workshop is open for everyone registering for the CSCL 2019 conference.
Places are limited. We will give preference to presenters and use the following criteria to select the best proposals: relevance, originality, quality, significance, and potential impact. If places are left, we will welcome other participants to join.

Proposals and EOIs should be written in English and submitted no later than May 15, 2019, by email to InterdisciplinaryLearningTeam@gmail.com, but you must registry for CSCL and worksop before 31 May.
Please, follow the ISLS author guidelines (or use a Microsoft Word template) for formatting your proposal.
We will notify about acceptance in three days.
For each accepted proposal, at least one author must attend the workshop and register for the workshop via the CSCL 2019 conference site: https://www.cscl2019.com/
Accepted submissions will be presented and discussed during the workshop and made available on the workshop website. Authors will retain all copyrights associated with their work.

More information is available on the workshop website https://interdisciplinarylearning.wordpress.com/
If you have any questions, please contact us at InterdisciplinaryLearningTeam@gmail.com