6 Advantages of Collaborative Learning - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

About This Presentation
Title:

6 Advantages of Collaborative Learning

Description:

You may be asking yourself, what are benefits of cooperative and collaborative learning? There are several advantages of collaborative learning. We can categorize them as to be of social, academic or psychological advantage. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:171

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: 6 Advantages of Collaborative Learning


1
Collaborative learning is one of the teaching
approaches where students work in groups so as to
understand a concept, create a product or solve a
problem. Unlike individual learning, students
engage with one another to ask for information,
evaluate their ideas and monitor their work
together. Collaborative learning is, therefore,
an accurate term that caters for educational
approaches encompassing joint scholarly effort
between students, or students and teachers
together. Despite working together, each is
responsible for and accountable to each other.
Collaborative learning can take the form of face
to face communication or use computer platforms
(chat-room or online forums). Collaborative
teaching and learning create an environment where
members aggressively cooperate by sharing
experiences and take on different roles. The main
tasks that students work on in collaborative
learning are collaborative writing, group
projects, problem-solving, discussions, study
groups, and other activities. You may be asking
yourself, what are benefits of cooperative and
collaborative learning? There are several
advantages of collaborative learning. We can
categorize them as to be of social, academic or
psychological advantage. Looking for a web
conferencing way out that lets an online
collaborative learning with your associates or
friends online? Well, a video conferencing
software like ezTalks is now available on the
market. The exciting part of it is that it
Incorporates data (both voice and video) within
your browser so you can hold meetings over the
Internet. You can use this video conferencing
software for online collaborative learning.
2
  • Benefits of collaborative teaching and learning
    for students are
  • Enhances Problem-solving Skills
  • Collaborative learning involves clear stipulation
    of an educational task with instructions that
    require students to discuss the work so as to
    come up with solutions to the problem. During
    the discussion, they are encouraged to listen
    attentively to the comments group members make.
    They also contribute to the sharing and can
    re-evaluate their views and come to conclusions.
    Though at times, group discussion may fall under
    the control of the loudest individual, students
    have to be systematic by giving each a chance to
    speak out they also stipulate a time limit to
    minimize dominance. The fact that students must
    provide answers to the task at hand calls for
    active participation in researching the project
    at hand and examining every possible answer so as
    to arrive to make the right solution to make the
    desired conclusion, thus improving an
    individual's problem -solving skills.
  • Inspires Critical Thinking
  • An active collaborative learning requires an
    instructor to view teaching as a method of
    developing and increasing students' capacity to
    learn as their role is to transmit information
    while facilitating the learning process. It
    includes creating and handling meaningful
    learning experiences that stimulate students to
    think through actual and existent problems.
    Through collaborative learning, we expect
    students to clarify ideas, views, and opinions
    through their discussion forums before making a
    conclusion. It, therefore, nurtures the
    improvement of critical thinking skills via
    interpretation of ideas, and assessment of other
    student's thoughts and views.
  • Improves Social Interactions and Supports
    Diversity
  • One of the collaborative learning advantages
    involves the use of different strategies such as
    Jigsaw technique which involves separating a task
    into subtasks. The jigsaw technique is a system
    of designing classroom activities in a way that
    students rely on each other to accomplish the
    tasks. It involves students forming groups, and
    each group handles part of the job so that at
    the end they all create a complete activity just
    like a jigsaw puzzle. Use of Jigsaw strategy
    provides students with the chance to
    enthusiastically help each other shape
    understanding as the instructor assigns them to
    groups that require varying skill.

3
  • To efficiently handle the task, students from
    different groups have to meet to exchange
  • ideas and opinions amongst themselves. This kind
    of teamwork allows students to be experts in
    their allocated subject areas. At the end
    students then go back to their class
  • and teach others.
  • Aid the Development of Self-management Skills
  • Collaborative learning requires you to be a good
    decision maker. It is evident in group- works
    where you have to be able to and willing to take
    a difficult task or assignment and break it down
    so that you can find the solution. To be a good
    self-manager you will have to be a good problem
    solver, able to think through challenging tasks,
    study problems, examine and scrutinize
    solutions. Self-management skills are those
    individual attributes that help you feel and be
    more dynamic and productive in the office. With
    self- management competencies, you can
    interconnect and interact professionally and
    competently with your colleagues, managers, and
    even clienteles. They also help you make good
    decisions and improve time management.
  • Development of Oral Communication Skills
  • Collaborative learning is dependent on the
    effectiveness of the group for the students to
    attend and accomplish their assignments. The
    entire group discussion relies on strong
    communication skills (sending information,
    receiving feedback, and sharing it with the
    whole class). You also have to comment (orally
    and in writing) when looking for ideas. You can
    achieve success within a group students need to
    be able to communicate both on intellectual and
    emotional levels by explaining their thoughts,
    expressing their feelings openly but positively,
    listening prudently to others, asking questions
    and clarifications on other students opinion and
    telling how others feel through their nonverbal
    communication. With collaborative learning, one
    can reflect on the actions and exchanges of the
    group and encourage others to do well as members
    share their thoughts, ideas, and feelings.
  • Fosters the Development of Interpersonal
    Relationships
  • For collaborative learning to work, students must
    work together in their groups. When students
    spend their time together working, they learn how
    to relate with one another. They also make
    friendship by getting to know each other, thus
    boosting group morale and performance. It means
    that they can laugh or cry together. When people
    are friends,

4
they form symbiotic and trusting relationships
which give the team members a sense of belonging.
Usually, before or after a group discussion,
members engage in casual conversation which
fosters the development of interpersonal
relationships Conclusion During a collaborative
learning session, students not only work on
academic assignments but also get to develop
their social skills and learn together which
improves their relationships with others in the
class. Being able to become accustom
collaborative learning into your teaching plan
successfully. will allow your students engage and
involve themselves more actively in the learning
process rather than be passive students. It gives
them a chance to learn their strengths and
weaknesses as they work in groups. As they
interact more with their peers, they acquire new
ways of handling problems. Collaborative
learning not only enhances the l learning process
but also makes students happy. https//www.eztalk
s.com/online-education/advantages-of-collaborative
-learning.html
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com