Group work or cooperative learning is a method of instruction that gets students to work together in groups. Employers value a person's ability to work cooperatively.
Indeed, studies show that they value it more highly than the ability to work independently. This is because, in most contemporary workplaces, people work in teams, which are often cross-disciplinary and quite diverse DETYA, The value, to students, of cooperative learning has long been well recognised.
This page discusses the use of group work as a fully-fledged teaching strategy that requires students to engage in learning activities within the same group over a period while working on a substantial task with a shared outcome e.
In the past two decades there has been a rapid growth in the use of small group learning experiences in higher education Fink, , where group work is used:.
To help you decide whether to use a blog, a wiki or a discussion forum, visit the page Blog, wiki or forum—which should you use? For teachers, group-based learning can often reduce the marking and feedback load associated with individual assessment.
Although some students report that their group work projects or tasks are the best learning experiences of University, others find them the worst, and feel reluctant to work in groups again. My dilemma has been how to establish this successfully online. Over the last 20 years or more, I have developed principles of dialogic learning. This approach encourages dialogue between teachers and students through active learning activities.
This might seem obvious, but it does require a different approach to the learning experience, and it took me awhile to learn and to adapt to this situation. In response to this dilemma, in my course ARTS Media, Culture and Power I converted a group-led facilitation assessment run face to face into a small group presentation experience in the virtual classroom. It also supports the Inspired Learning Initiative creating an enriched environment for learning with access to study space, power and high-speed WiFi.
The Active Learning initiative was established to address the challenges faced by academics in the use and adoption of active learning spaces available on Kensington campus. These challenges include:. The Active Learning initiative works with academics to support the adoption and practice of an active learning pedagogy by forming links and leveraging from other initiatives within the UNSW community like summative peer review, educational-focused positions, and academic development.
The Active Learning initiative allows us to gather feedback, improve communications, realign administrative processes and develop best practice resources.
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. Supported browsers: Google Chrome 32 bit latest version recommended for optimal compatibility Mozilla Firefox Back to Contents. Click the Blackboard Collaborate Ultra activity in your course home page. Select the session that your instructor has set up. Wait for the session to load, and you will automatically join the session. There are several tools at the bottom of the screen that you can use: Note: Some of these tools can be disabled by your instructor Back to Contents.
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