Collaborative learning
Latest revision: 2022-01-26
Collaborative learning is often done in smaller groups, whare the students examine a subject/problem and jointly find solutions to these. As the students work they don’t only learn to solve assignments but also develops their social skills and creates a community. Collaborative learning is in other words more than split up work in a group. it’s also thinking together and creating knowledge together. A challenge for you as a teacher is to help the group get a social climate that promotes collaborative learning.
Collaborative learning increases the students’ engagement and gives them new ways to handle problems.
Some of the benefits with collaborative learning
- improves problem solving skills
- inspires critical thinking
- develops social interaction and support differences
- develops oral communication
Collaborative learning (video)
Work together in different ways (from the video above)
- Think - Pair - Share
- Jigsaw learning model (home group <-> expert group)
- Project-based learning (PBL)
Links to explore collaborative learning
- Benefits of Collaborative learning
- Collaborative learning: theory, strategies and educational benefits
- Cooperative and collaborative learning: Getting the best of both methods
- Examples of Collaborative Learning or Group Work Activities
- Getting Started with Designing Group Work Assignments
- Getting Started with Evaluating Group Work
- Team-Based Learning Collaborative
- Turn to Your Neighbor Peer Instruction Blog
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"Collaborative learning can occur peer-to-peer or in larger groups. Peer learning, or peer instruction, is a type of collaborative learning that involves students working in pairs or small groups to discuss concepts or find solutions to problems. Similar to the idea that two or three heads are better than one, educational researchers have found that through peer instruction, students teach each other by addressing misunderstandings and clarifying misconceptions." /Collaborative learning, Cornell University