Collaborative Learning

 

Why Collaboration?

 

• Basic Motives
  - We collaborate to produce a better result.

 

• Market Forces
  - In our flattening world, collaboration has become an even more important skill.

 

• Effects on Learning
  • curricular goals
  • human development

 

• Class Management
  • motivation - work with others
  • responsiblity - others are counting on you
  • grading - fewer projects to grade

 

ABC's of Collaboration

 

• Choosing Groups and Ensuring Equity
  - some strategies for selecting your groups and tactics to ensure group members equally participate
• Rubrics and Deliverables
  - a successful collaborative learning environment hinges on students clearly understanding what is expected of them and the development of clear grading rubrics is essential.

 

 

Using Online Collaborative Learning Tools

 

• Wikis
  - wikis provide a simple workspace for collaborative projects as well as the sophistication to help the teacher track group progress.
• Online Documents
  - Writely™, Writeboard™, Zoho™
• Communication
  - Campfire™

 

 

 

Resources

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