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Best Practices for Collaborative Learning

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Best Practices for Collaborative Learning

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1.  Positive Interdependence

· The completion of the task is dependent on all the students working together.

· Students develop clearly defined roles

· Avoids one student doing all the work

2. Individual/Group Accountability

· Students are responsible for their individual contribution and the collective contribution to the completion of the overall task

3. Interpersonal Skills

· Students have to develop effective communication strategies to work within the group and to share out the work completed

4. Group Reflection

· Students identify the strengths and weaknesses of the collaboration

· Identify the effectiveness of completing the task and determine if the goal was met

5. Problem-Solving/Critical Thinking

· The task has to be problem/inquiry based to allow students to use critical thinking

· There must be consensus of using appropriate strategies to complete the task

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Collaboration supports teaching and learning when used an instructional strategy that allows students to share and communicate ideas.  Students interact on a specific topic to problem solve or find evidence to support a concept.  The accountable is on each of the students to complete the task.  They are invested in the process from generating the ideas to completing the product.  The learning is assessed through the discussions and products the students produce.  Students are guided through the process by teachers, but the work completion is solely dependent on the students.  The teacher provides the structure in which the students work.  It depends on the task whether the organization of the collaboration is provided by the teacher or the students can develop the organization together.  Collaboration is a great tool that permits students to take ownership of their learning and learn effective communication strategies.

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4 Examples of Effective Collaborative Projects

The Common Ground Collaborative

International Education and Resource Network

ePals

Peace One Day

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Initial Pros/Cons of Online Collaboration & Collection of Online Collaboration Tools

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Initial Pros/Cons of Online Collaboration & Collection of Online Collaboration Tools