CSCL (an acronym never defined in this paper) stands for 'Computer-supported Collaborative Learning.' The authors describe three models of CSCL based on three epistemological approaches to learning communities (such as the classroom). Of course, approaching the subject this way allows for many more models, as theories of knowledge are numerous. Perhaps the title should have been, 'Three Contemporary Models...' Anyhow, there is a nice chart about halfway through the paper comparing aspects of learning communities for each of the three models: a tacit knowledge based model, a practices based model, and an expertise based model. And I think the general approach - basing the design of learning community on epistemological foundations - is sound. Oh, hey, and the authors cite N.R. Hanson.
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