Collaborative Collaborative LearningLearning

Where do I fit in?Where do I fit in?

What is Collaborative What is Collaborative Learning?Learning?

• Cooperative learningCooperative learning is a successful learning is a successful learning

strategy in which small teams, each with strategy in which small teams, each with students of different interests and skills, use a students of different interests and skills, use a variety of learning activities to improve their variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Each member of a understanding of a subject. Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn, taught but also for helping teammates learn, thus creating an atmosphere of achievement. thus creating an atmosphere of achievement. Students work through the assignment until all Students work through the assignment until all group members successfully understand and group members successfully understand and complete it. complete it. 

What does it look like?What does it look like?

Let’s do a Think-Pair-Share. Take 1 minute to think to yourself about how the newspaper gets to your mailbox each morning or on the www for the “tech-savy” people. Is one person responsible? How many? What does it take to accomplish this fete?

How?How?

Collaborative efforts result in Collaborative efforts result in participants striving for mutual participants striving for mutual benefit so that all group members:benefit so that all group members:

• gain from each other's efforts. gain from each other's efforts. (Your (Your success benefits me and my success success benefits me and my success benefits you.)benefits you.)

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Collaborative efforts result in Collaborative efforts result in participants striving for mutual participants striving for mutual benefit so that all group members:benefit so that all group members:

• recognize that all group members recognize that all group members share a common fate. (We all sink or share a common fate. (We all sink or swim together here.) swim together here.)

continuedcontinuedCollaborative efforts result Collaborative efforts result in participants striving in participants striving for mutual benefit so for mutual benefit so that all group members:that all group members:

know that one's performance is know that one's performance is mutually caused by oneself and mutually caused by oneself and one's team members. (We can one's team members. (We can not do it without you.)not do it without you.)

Another Think-Pair-Another Think-Pair-ShareShare

What skills, qualities, attributes do What skills, qualities, attributes do you have to bring to the group? Why you have to bring to the group? Why would the group benefit from having would the group benefit from having you as a group member?you as a group member?

What is something they need to be What is something they need to be aware of?aware of?

continuedcontinuedCooperative efforts result in Cooperative efforts result in

participants striving for mutual participants striving for mutual benefit so that all group members: benefit so that all group members:

• feel proud and jointly celebrate when a feel proud and jointly celebrate when a group member is recognized for group member is recognized for achievement. (We all congratulate you on achievement. (We all congratulate you on your accomplishment!). your accomplishment!).

What does collaborative What does collaborative learning NOT look like?learning NOT look like?

SO?SO?Reflection Time!Reflection Time!

What are my goals as a group What are my goals as a group member? How shall I think, member? How shall I think, act, respond to others, feel, act, respond to others, feel, and say?and say?

SO?SO?Reflection Time!Reflection Time!

Together come up with 5 Together come up with 5 “rules” for working together “rules” for working together on the upcoming project.on the upcoming project.