Motivation to collaborative learning

1. MOTIVATION TO
COLLABORATIVE
LEARNING (LG)
doc. dr. sc. Marlena Plavšić
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2. Lecture Content
 Sentence & Q’s for discussion
 The nature of CL
 Advantages of CL
 Motivation factors in CL
 Challenges in CLwww.ecorl.it

3. Questions for discussion
1. What is CL? Examples?
2. What are advantages of CL?
3. What can enhance motivation in
CL?
4. What are the challenges in CL?
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4. The nature of CL (1)
 Natural society’s composition
 Individual and group’s interest
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5. Advantages of CL (1)
 Increases achievement
 Promotes positive attitudes
 Drives positive development
 Supports good relationships
 Encourages innovation
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6. Advantages of CL (2)
 Improves understanding
 Stimulates thinking process
 Shares responsibility
 Induces using of humour
 Reduces anxiety
 Shares cognitive load
 Deepens comprehensionwww.ecorl.it

7. Motivation factors in CL
 Good tutor moderation
 Effective strategies
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8. Effective strategies
a) Creating role based scenarios
b) Having rules and procedures
c) Providing feedback
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9. Challenges in CL (1)
 Is everybody always happy?
 Expectations and guarantee
 Symmetrical situations
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10. Challenges in CL (2)
 Waste of time
 Insufficient interaction
 Holding back ideas
 Focusing on cognitive aspects
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11. Successfull collaborative learning
needs to be practised!
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12. PARTNERS
Università Popolare di Firenze-IT
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Federación Española de Universidades Populares-SP
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Pula Open University -HR
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Eu Trade-LT
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Yunus Social Business-AL
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Università Telematica Uninettuno-IT
www.uninettunouniversity.net
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