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Collaborative Learni
Collaborative Learning
Question | Answer |
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What is a Collaborative Learning? | Collaborative learning is based on the view that knowledge is a social construct. |
What is the impact of collaborative learning or group work? | Research shows that educational experiences that are active, social, contextual, engaging, and student-owned lead to deeper learning. |
What are some examples of collaborative learning or group work activities? | Stump your partner, Think-pair-share/ Write-pair-share, Catch-up, Fishbowl debate, Case study. |
How can you design group work assignments? | think about the course learning outcomes and how group work might address them. Then consider how groups will be organized, how student learning and group processes will be supported, and how students will be evaluated, if at all. |
How will groups be formed? | Allowing students to form their own groups will likely result in uneven groupings. If possible, arrange groups by skills and/or backgrounds |
How will you ensure that students are productive? | Set aside time early in the semester to allow for icebreakers and team-building activities |
What technology might assist the group work? | If technology use is required (e.g. wikis), you will need to incorporate learning activities around the use of the technology. |
What can the students do? | Choose assignment topics or tasks that are related to the real world, and can be connected to students’ lives. |