Evolving from group work to collaboration (Topic 3)

It was in this topic that I felt that we had really collaborated as a group. For previous topics what we were doing would better be described as group work – we participated by individually contributing articles, weblinks, or personal anecdotes, but there was not much collaborative discussion going on. Don’t get me wrong –Continue reading “Evolving from group work to collaboration (Topic 3)”

Experiences with Collaborative Learning

After reading the articles related to Open Networked Learning. I’ve found that the opinion of others reflects my own experience. In my experience, the completion of collaborative tasks meant either very little reflection for my efforts in group-based work or carrying a big portion of group work while others would benefit from my individual effort.Continue reading “Experiences with Collaborative Learning”

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From cooperation to collaboration. How reflection and choice of tool can influence the discussion.

The weeks are passing quickly, and we are now half way through the course. The last two weeks have not only brought many new ideas into my mind, but also gave me the opportunity to co-lead topic 3 with Bianca from Germany. Topic 3 was about collaborative learning, which encouraged to reflect on collaborative learning in …

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“go out and collaborate”

One of the best things with this course is that I rememeber how it was to be a student again. This only will improve my teacher skills in terms of greater empathy for the students. It is really interesting how I require my students to work collaborative without reflecting on collaboration, as discussed by Kearsley […]

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Topic 3 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…

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Topic 3: Learning in Communities: An Experience with Collaborative Learning

Collaborative learning (CL) as an educational approach to teaching and learning, is not a new concept. In my current practice, I have used CL in several modules as a teaching/learning approach as it allows for learners to converse with peers, listen to different perspectives, articulate and defend their ideas (Laal & Laal, 2012). With CL,Continue reading “Topic 3: Learning in Communities: An Experience with Collaborative Learning”