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Question | Answer |
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What is collaborative learning? | Collaborative learning is based on the view that knowledge is a social construct |
What are the principles for collaborative activities? | Focus of instruction, Interaction and "doing", working in groups is an important mode of learning, olutions to real-world problems should be incorporated into learning. |
What is the impact of collaborative learning or group work? | educational experiences that are active, social, contextual, engaging, and student-owned lead to deeper learning. |
What are the benefits of collaborative learning? | Development of higher-level thinking, oral communication, self-management, and leadership skills and exposure to and an increase in understanding of diverse perspectives. |
What are some examples of collaborative learning or group work activities? | Stump your partner, think-pair-share/ Write-pair-share and Catch-up. |
How can you design group work assignments? | think about the course learning outcomes, and consider how groups will be organized. |
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. Consider using class time for group work to eliminate students having to coordinate meeting times outside of class. |
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. At the beginning, do a low stakes activity that helps students become familiar with 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. |