Constructivism is a learning theory found in psychology which explains how people might acquire knowledge and learn. It therefore has direct application to education. The theory suggests that humans construct knowledg…

We spent two weeks on the topic ‘learning in communities’.  For the last three days I was debating what to put in my blog.  To my surprise, the more I think about the topic, the more I realise that I know very little, and some issues are confusing.  Was I a social loafer these past … Continue reading Topic 3: Learning in communities – another C: confusion

During the two weeks of topic 3 I have reflected a lot upon the term collaborative learning- all kinds of collaboration, really. Have most of the collaboration I have been a part of really been cooperative rather than collaborative? It really is very easy to fall into the trap of dividing the workload so thatContinue reading “The wonders and worries of collaborative learning”

Collaboration is hard! Collaboration is teamwork, discussing, participating, disagreeing, agreeing and getting there together. Not one by one.  We all have lots of experience with group work. Most of the time group work equals cooperative work. We divi…