beyond discussions: cooperative and collaborative interaction online
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When to Use a Cooperative or Collaborative Project Learning Objective: Will the use of a collaborative strategy produce better learning outcomes? –Content-specific objective –Ancillary skills objectives –Critical Thinking –Information Literacy –Writing across the curriculum –TeamworkTRANSCRIPT
Beyond Discussions:Cooperative and Collaborative
Interaction Online
Student Interactions Online
IndividualActivities:
Individual work shared with the group.
CooperativeActivities
Two or more studentsworking together
to produce a product or accomplish a task.
CollaborativeActivities
Goes beyond ‘simple’ cooperation.Involves consensus-building and a single
jointly-producedproduct.
When to Use a Cooperative or Collaborative ProjectLearning Objective:
Will the use of a collaborative strategy produce better learning outcomes?
– Content-specific objective– Ancillary skills objectives
– Critical Thinking– Information Literacy– Writing across the curriculum– Teamwork
What is the level of online learning experience in the class?
Cooperative and Collaborative Interactions: Factors in determining strategy
Low High
Cooperative Collaborative
What is the level of group learning experience in the class?
Cooperative and Collaborative Interactions: Factors in determining strategy
Low High
Cooperative Collaborative
How well do students know one another (what stage of group development has the class achieved).
Early in CourseOr
Students Not Acquainted
End of CourseOr
Students AcquaintedFrom Prior Course
Cooperative Collaborative
Cooperative and Collaborative Interactions: Factors in determining strategy
Low High
Cooperative Collaborative
What is the prior online teaching experience of the instructor
Cooperative and Collaborative Interactions: Factors in determining strategy
How much time is available for the exercise?
Cooperative and Collaborative Interactions: Factors in determining strategy
Low High
Cooperative Collaborative
Structuring Cooperative/Collaborative ProjectsAllow plenty of time.Establish groups early enough for groups to have time to organize before project begins.Group sizes appropriate to project
Cooperative: 4 – 6Collaborative: 3 - 4
For inexperienced groups, Provide specific instructionsBreak project down Provide interim due datesprovide teambuilding strategies
Create ‘Private’ discussion forums/topics to support team activity.
Overcoming Student Resistance
Make participation mandatory.Divide grade into individual and team components.Include peer evaluation as a factor in individual component of grade.Provide specific parameters for allowing teams to dismiss a member for non-participation.
Example: Cooperative Learning
SCAVENGER HUNTCourse: Introduction to Online Learning
The “Hunt” immediately follows unit on “Finding Information on the Internet”
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School Board Role Play
Course: Drugs and Society – Controversial Issues
Exercise is part of a unit on Substance Abuse Prevention
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Example: Cooperative Learning
Cooperative and Collaborative Exercises Online
Imagination, not technology, is the limiting factor.Creative, challenging, and engaging …
forFaculty and Students!