Aprendizaje Colaborativo

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
Orientation Lecture

LEARNING CENTRE

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 offer
  •  Academic
 wri.ng
 workshops
  •  Oral
 presenta.on
 skills
 workshops
  •  Online
 wri.ng
 resources
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 consulta.ons
  We
 do
 not
  •  Proof
 read
 assignments
  •  Edit
 wri.ng
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 general
 English
 Language
  courses
 
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 7
 
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 Building
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 Road
 
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© Learning CentreCollaborative Learning
1.  What
 is
 collabora.ve
 learning?
 
  2.  Posi.ve
 and
 nega.ve
 experiences
 of
 collabora.ve
  learning
  3.  Key
 factors
 affec.ng
 the
 quality
 of
 group
 work
  4.  Strategies
 for
 effec.ve
 group
 work
  5.  Collabora.on
 and
 academic
 honesty
 
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What iscollaborative learning?
Collabora.ve
 learning
 is
 …
 
 
›  ‘the
 grouping
 and
 pairing
 of
 students
 for
 the
 purpose
 of
 achieving
 an
  academic
 goal’
 (Gokhale,
 1995)
  ›  construc.ng
 knowledge
 through
 interac.on
 with
 other
 learners
 –
 e.g.
  discussion,
 co-­‐opera.ng
 on
 tasks
 ›  Interac.on
 may
 be
 face-­‐to-­‐face
 or
 computer-­‐mediated
 
(Gokhale,
 A.
 A.
 (1995).
 Collabora.ve
 Learning
 enhances
 cri.cal
 thinking.
 Journal
 of
 Technology
 Educa2on,
 7(1),
  22-­‐30.)

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What is collaborative learning?

  Collabora.ve
 learning
 involves
 …
 
 
›  group goals,
 as
 well
 as
 personal
 goals
  ›  building
 and
 relying
 on
 good
 rela.onships
 with
 others
  ›  contribu.ng
 your
 ideas
 to
 the
 group
 and
 learning
 from
 one
 another
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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What is collaborative learning?
›  Claims
 about
 collabora.ve learning:
 
-  It
 enhances
 cri.cal
 thinking
  -  It
 helps
 you
 retain
 informa.on
 longer
 
 
 (deep
 vs.
 surface
 learning)
  -  It
 helps
 you
 achieve
 higher
 levels
 of
 understanding
  -  It
 encourages
 the
 development
 of
 autonomous
 learning
 skills
 

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Positiveaspects of collaborative learning
›  According
 to
 Gokhale’s
 (1995)
 influen.al
 study:
 
-  Par.cipa.ng
 students
 
-  ‘performed
 significantly
 beeer
 on
 the
 cri.cal-­‐thinking
 test
 than
 those
 who
 studied
 individually’
 

-  The
 experience
 
-  ‘provided
 students
 with
 opportuni.es
 to
 analyse, synthesise
 and
 evaluate
 ideas
 coopera.vely’
 

-  The
 informal
 sefng
 
-  ‘facilitated
 discussion
 and
 interac.on’
 

-  Group
 interac.on
 
-  ‘helped
 students
 learn
 from
 each
 other’s
 scholarship,
 skills
 and
 experiences’
  -  obliged
 students
 ‘to
 go
 beyond
 mere
 statements
 of opinion
 
  -  by
 giving
 reasons
 for
 their
 judgments
 and
  -  reflec.ng
 upon
 the
 criteria
 employed
 in
 making
 these
 judgments’
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Positive aspects of collaborative learning
›  In
 short,
 collabora.ve
 learning
  -  fostered
 the
 development
 of
 cri.cal
 thinking
 through...