2. What is Collaborative Learning?
Also referred as cooperative learning
Method of teaching and learning in which students
team together
Examples of collaborative learning
Students discussing a lecture
Students from different schools working together over
the Internet
3. Benefits of Collaborative Learning
Celebration of diversity
Acknowledgment of individual differences
Interpersonal development
Actively involving students in learning
More opportunities for personal feedback
Develops higher level thinking skills
Develops social interaction skills
Encourages student responsibility for learning
4. Challenges of Collaborative
Learning
For Educators
Revision of time allocations for
assignments
Adaptation to changing role that
includes increased student
responsibility for own learning
For Students
Adjustment to group work
format
Time management issues
involved with working around
group members’ schedules
Increased responsibility for own
learning
Classrooms set-up for teacher-
centered/lectures
“Collaborative learning is a method of teaching and learning in which students team together to explore a significant question or create a meaningful project. A group of students discussing a lecture or students from different schools working together over the Internet on a shared assignment are both examples of collaborative learning” (Educational Broadcasting Corporation, 2004)