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Collaborative learning involves groups of students working together to solve problems, complete tasks, or understand new concepts. The key aspects are that students engage with each other's ideas, rephrase concepts, and clearly state their arguments. While similar to cooperative learning, collaborative learning does not have predetermined roles and requires students to self-direct the organizational structure. The benefits of collaborative learning include improved critical thinking, information retention, and social skills for both students and organizations.

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M7 Week 8 - 1665095020

Collaborative learning involves groups of students working together to solve problems, complete tasks, or understand new concepts. The key aspects are that students engage with each other's ideas, rephrase concepts, and clearly state their arguments. While similar to cooperative learning, collaborative learning does not have predetermined roles and requires students to self-direct the organizational structure. The benefits of collaborative learning include improved critical thinking, information retention, and social skills for both students and organizations.

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Collaborative Learning

Objectives:
1. Explain Collaborative Learning
2. Differentiate Collaborative Learning from Cooperative Learning
3. Discuss some examples of collaborative learning strategis

The educational strategy of employing groups to improve learning via


cooperation is known as collaborative learning. Learners who are in groups of
two or more collaborate to solve issues, finish tasks, or understand new ideas.
Instead of mindless memorizing of facts and statistics, this technique actively
engages learners to analyze and synthesize information and concepts.

Students engage with one another on projects where they are required to
comprehend topics as a group.

Learners will develop a more thorough knowledge as a group than they could
as individuals via arguing their points, rephrasing concepts, listening to
opposing views, and clearly stating their arguments.

Collaborative Learning VS Cooperative Learning

There is significant misunderstanding regarding the distinction between these


two approaches of learning. The two may initially appear similar, however
cooperative learning is actually a subset of collaborative learning.

Cooperative learning differs from collaborative learning in that each member


is accountable for a particular aspect of their personal learning and
achievement as well as the success of the group as a whole.
To make sure that everyone on the team is understanding the things they are
learning, they must leverage their expertise and resources.

Cooperative learning's predetermined roles and organizational structure are


sometimes compared to the cast and crew of a theatrical production: the
success of the performance depends on all of the interrelated roles supporting
one another, yet there is a director carefully monitoring the project.

In software development, a team of inexperienced developers is tasked with


learning a new framework and utilizing it to construct a portion of a program.
This is an example of collaborative learning in terms of responsibilities within
an subject. While each developer is responsible for writing their own portion
of the code, the effectiveness of their work depends on how well each
developer understands and executes their own task. Despite the fact that
everyone in the team plays a unique function, everyone's success depends on
the success of the others.

Individual participants in collaborative learning are likewise responsible for the


learning and success of their team, but they are also in charge of determining
their own responsibilities, resources, and organizational structure. The
organization must self-direct because there is no director to oversee the
norms of interaction.

Collaborative Learning Benefits

Collaborative learning: Why Use It? Because having a motivated and


knowledgeable staff may be advantageous for any organization. Collaborative
learning has various advantages for both the organization as a whole and the
learners themselves.
Organizational Benefits

People have the chance to acquire advanced talents when given the
responsibility of cooperating to complete a common objective. They are
learning how to manage both themselves and others while leading in a
productive way as they organize, allocate, and teach.

Employees gain a variety of skills and information when they engage in


collaborative learning. They will not only improve their current talents by
having to teach others, but they will also pick up new skills from other workers.
This lessens the requirement for formal training while promoting ongoing skill
development in already-understood subjects and exposure to fresh ideas
among personnel.

It is challenging to promote relationships and collaboration when students on


different teams seldom interact. Teams are compelled to work together and
form new connections as a result of collaborative learning. Since it may be
challenging to build deep ties among remote employees, this can be especially
helpful for organizations that rely on them.

According to studies, using collaborative learning may boost engagement and


improve information retention. In comparison to learning in a non-
collaborative situation, the collaborative learning process enables participants
to reach higher levels of thinking and the material is maintained for a
significantly longer period of time.

Lastly, when given the chance to develop new talents, students are more likely
to be content with their employment and are less inclined to look for other
alternatives. Students that are happy with their learning are more engaged
and productive, which increases productivity and output.
Individual Benefits

The student must organize their ideas, make a cogent case for their position,
stand up for it in front of their peers, and persuade others that their position
is sound. Because of their active participation, people acquire more
information and keep it longer.

Hearing different points of view is beneficial to learners. According to studies,


people learn better when they are exposed to other points of view, particularly
those from persons from different backgrounds.

The student must swiftly analyze the feedback and, if they discover that their
argument is weak, immediately revise it. People develop their ability to swiftly
and critically think while taking in new information and changing their own
perspectives in response to new ideas.

The student will also listen to others discussing their opinions and providing
arguments in support of or opposition to those made by their peers. Since of
this dynamic method, students learn the subject more thoroughly because
they are forced to think about it from all possible perspectives.

People gain the ability to talk clearly in front of an audience of their peers, to
listen intently, to challenge assumptions, and to construct an intellectual
framework with others. People will benefit from this improved social comfort
both socially and at work.

When given a clear objective, students are more likely to have serious
conversations with one another, which enhances both their comprehension of
the material and their regard for one another.
Important note:
Collaborative learning has the potential to help students improve their
transversal skills, including social skills, problem-solving abilities,
self-efficacy, responsibility, the ability to reflect and take initiative,
and the ability to adapt to new situations and issues.

“Cooperative learning is an educational approach that promotes interaction among


students and shared responsibility for academic achievement” [Stein, R. & Hurd, S.
(2000). Using Student Teams in the Classroom. Bolton MA: Anker Publishing Company,
Inc.: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED446603]

Collaborative Learning Strategies

1. Think-Pair-Share
2. Problem-based Learning
3. Case Studies
4. Simulations
5. Peer Teaching
6. Small Group Discussion
7. Jigsaw Strategy

While there is, of course, some opposition to collaborative learning (consider,


for instance, your personal experiences bearing the weight of the group whose
members may not have all contributed equally), when correctly designed, it
may assist achieve a variety of objectives. It necessitates active learning,
whereby students interact with the course material in ways that lectures alone
cannot. It makes use of the idea that teaching is learning and gives peer
teaching a framework. It uses a diverse approach to enable various learning
styles (some students write, some discuss, some edit, some listen and
synthesize, some move around to gather findings from different peers, etc).
Finally, collaborative learning reminds students that learning requires more
than just listening, simply upsetting what they are accustomed to (such as
lengthy lectures with little to no input from inactive students). This reminder
may be the first step toward metacognition, the practice of reflecting on (and
recognizing) how we learn.
References:

1. Brian Tomlinson (editor), 2012, “Developing Materials for Language


Teaching,” Bloomsbury, USA
2. Julie Norton and Heather Buchanan, 2022, “The Routledge Handbook of
Materials Development for Language Teaching,” Routledge, USA
3. Brian Tomlinson (editor), 2022, “Developing Materials for Language
Teaching 3rd Edition,” Bloomsbury, USA
4. www.tesolonline.com

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