WeekSixDiscussion


Week Six Discussion

 

Collaborative Learning is Highly Effective

 

From ... http://www.co-operation.org/pages/overviewpaper.html

 

Based on more than 875 studies (in educational settings) have been conducted during the past 90 years ...

 

(Cooperative / Collaborative Learning) produces higher achievement and greater productivity than does working alone is so well confirmed by so much research that it stands as one of the strongest principles of social and organizational psychology.

 

Cooperative learning is indicated whenever learning goals are highly important, mastery and retention are important, a task is complex or conceptual, problem solving is desired, divergent thinking or creativity is desired, quality of performance is expected, and higher-level reasoning strategies and critical thinking are needed.

 

Where do we see Collaborative Learning being applied?

 

 

All of these are a hybrid between Learning and Work.

 

 

The experience was supposed to be that you had an "aha" that these tools were easy to use, especially in a Software as a Service (SaaS) model.

 

Challenges