%0 Journal Article %T A conceptual and technological framework for building CSCL environments %A Jacques Lonchamp %J STICEF %D 2007 %I %X Effective dissemination of computer-supported collaborative learning requires replacing a first generation of ad hoc, specialized, and closed tools with generic, open, and malleable environments. Moreover, these environments should be integrated into larger systems aiming at supporting the communities of interest and communities of practice necessary for educating and guiding interested teachers. This paper firstly describes a conceptual framework for collaborative learning. It then proposes a functional architecture conveying that vision and finally a system that implements that architecture. %K Collaborative learning %K CSCL %K conceptual framework %K genericity %K malleability %K modelling %K community of practice %K community of interest %U http://sticef.univ-lemans.fr/num/vol2007/04-longchamp/sticef_2007_lonchamp_04p.htm