Reflection on Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

Dear blog and readers, During the last two weeks, we have discussed collaborative learning from many viewpoints in our PBL group. I have enjoyed the discussions and it has been interesting to learn from other teachers who come from different countries and different learning environments. Surprisingly, the challenges and opportunities of collaborative learning seem to … Continue reading Reflection on Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

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To team-teach or not to Team-teach that is the question….

Some years back my institution embarked on what seemed like a radical experiment (it wasn’t that radical actually but it appeared so at the time)😊. They wanted to create a truly multi-disciplinary module that would have three teachers, team-up, to provide a multi-disciplinary take on a wicked real- world problem. This sounded like an excellentContinue reading “To team-teach or not to Team-teach that is the question….”

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Collaborative learning – dream or nightmare?

Group work. I guess the very phrase stirs emotions in most people. Perhaps memories of embarrassed pupils reading from papers with text copied verbatim from a textbook, while staring at their feet. What is the reason for such seemingly pointless activities? Is there any secret wisdom that only teachers possess? Maybe. From the teacher’s perspective,Continue reading “Collaborative learning – dream or nightmare?”

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Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning

“Learning […] is an active process of creating connections and seeing patterns of information within and between these connections” (Oddone, 2019) Collaborative learning takes place when groups of learner work together to solve a problem, complete a task, or create a product (Gerlach 1994). It is contrasted with cooperative group work, in which learners tend toContinue reading “Learning in communities – networked collaborative learning”