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My Learning Strategies to Foster Collaboration

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My Learning Strategies to Foster Collaboration

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As an aspiring educator, I have learned about several ways to foster collaboration, most of which can be done regardless of instructional modality. The most common and effective forms of collaboration that I have used and recommend are as shown below.

Big and small student-centered groups with predefined roles that students can choose

Workstations

Collaborate Board on Nearpod and Microsoft Whiteboard on Microsoft Teams

—Austin Nicholas Dragoș [United States of America]

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Kahoot, Padlet, Wordwall

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I really like applying PBL in the classroom which is based on collaboration . Which particular strategy I am going to apply depends on the topic we work on. It is important to make students aware that everybody's role is equally important and that they should rely on each other as well as encourage each other in accomplishing assigned tasks.

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random student do pair or group work(they will mostly choose only their friends).
Working on a project together also helps. They get to spend some time together outside of school, as well.

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To promote cooperation, first we must clarify that all a contribute - and we do this allowing all group to understand what are the caracteristics of each of the studants.

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cooperation in groups
reverse role
Variable subgroup compositions for different tasks,
working with cards on the board

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Pair work ,,Change the pair"
-stimulates cooperation and mutual help;
-stimulates learning in pairs by activating the whole team;
-educates tolerance and understanding of the other's opinion.

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The pupils collaborate both for group work and for help among peers also for learning, moreover they are of help for those in difficulty

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I really like collaborative work in my classroom. I often use the jigsaw strategy.
I also like to use:

Group artwork (group floor painting, landart et.)

Pair reading (students while still learning the reading strategy read in pairs to make it easier for each other)

Drama presentations of the literature

Roleplay

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Twinspace on eTwinning platform is a good idea to make my students share their opinions and skills. I usually let them work in many eTwinning projects in collaborative activities such as videos, vok, answergarden games, kahoot, meetings online...They improve their self-esteem, the work on the 4 skills and they collaborate.

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Collaborative work (pair/group work, project work...) giving students the chance to improve their knowledge, to learn with their peers at their own pace, and to develop very important soft skills.

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research learning

team work

experiential learning

group work

model learning

pair work

peer assessment

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I teach chemistry and I tried to improve the abilities of my students regarding reading and writing chemical formulas. I made up play cards showing formulas or names of different substances  (in pairs), one set for each group of students. After they split the cards in equal numbers for each of them, they had to find the pairs properly asking each other. Among the cards, there was a Joker card. At the end of playing, who got the Joker had to name ten formulas which I showed him and he get a mark. They collaborate a lot inside the group so that the student who has Joker to be well prepared for his response. Of course, the benefits are for everybody.

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Working in groups where every student has a different role and everybody is responsible for the team success.

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First of all I set clear goals for the group which cannot be too big, usually around 4 to 6 students max. I try to monitor group work of my students and immediately when I see there's a problem - interpersonal/emotional I try to deal with it straight away. Communication is the key in my opinion so it must be open. Depending on tasks I give a particular roles to students. Students collaboration is especially well developed while they deal with a real-life problems they know - familiarity builds up their interest and engagement.

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During the year they have to do different presentations, normally by couples, but when they have to do the next one they have to choose a different partner, and so on

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Often my students work in pairs or in groups. They improve their knowledges and soft skills.

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I use pair work, group work a lot, we do projects all the time. My pupils are grouped randomely in order to promote collaboration among all of them.

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I use team work and pair work - everybody has a different role but they are all responsible for the success of the team.

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5 Strategies to Deepen Student Collaboration

Create Learning Activities That Are Complex. Students need a reason to collaborate.

Prepare Students to Be Part of a Team.

Minimize Opportunities for Free Riding.

Build in Many Opportunities for Discussion and Consensus.

Focus on Strengthening and Stretching Expertise.

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VOICU CORINA VALENTINA-ROMANIA-I work with groups and I involve them in eTwinning projects!

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VOICU CORINA VALENTINA-ROMANIA-I work with groups and I involve them in eTwinning projects!

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I often do pair work or team work. If they work in groups they have to decide on their own how to do the task distribution. Everyone has to participate and contribute to their final product.

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Collaborative learning teams are said to attain higher level thinking and preserve information for longer times than students working individually.

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Five ways to collaborate wherever and whenever

Here are five ways to promote collaboration both in the physical classroom setting as well as the virtual learning space. With each of these ideas, teachers can have students working together using different digital tools or teaching strategies. Beyond the content involved, students will build their communication, collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving skills and develop the SEL skills at the same time.

1. Learning stations when used in the classroom open up more possibilities for personalized learning, for social interactions, and the building of relationships between students and between the teacher and students. Using between three and five stations in the classroom, depending on class size and grade level, teachers can have students work together through a series of learning activities. Selecting a mix of digital tools, hands-on learning activities, and teacher-directed instruction creates a good mix of ways for students to engage with the content. For some, giving students the option to collaborate and design their own way of practicing the content can lead to new ideas for the whole class. Encourage students to team teach and take more of a leadership role in the classroom.

2. Cross-curricular collaboration: How about working with another curricular area or even grade level?  Find a connector between your class and that of a colleague. Create a task where the students in both of your classes must collaborate on the same project while you do the same. Maybe you use project-based learning (PBL) in your class and you want to share that framework with a colleague or it is something that you are hoping to learn from a colleague. Find a common bond between your courses and start collaborating. I connected with an eighth-grade science teacher and our students used Buncee to create their presentation. This past year, my students connected with students in Spain and shared backgrounds, interests and other facts about their lives by leveraging technology tools to exchange information. Working together with colleagues to create these opportunities for students and helping students to engage in more meaningful learning makes a

3. Beyond Classroom Discussions: Have you had a great discussion going in class just to have it interrupted by the bell? Or have you tried to encourage students to share their ideas but have not been successful? How about getting students to share ideas on important topics, by using some of the digital tools available for curating material or gathering feedback. We have many tools available that when leveraged with purpose, can add great benefits for student learning and student confidence. Some of the options are using things like Padlet to create a wall for discussion where students can post comments and respond to classmates. Try Wakelet to post an idea or a theme and ask students to share and create resources. To get students speaking more, use Flipgrid to create short videos as a prompt for students to discuss. Or try having students create a podcast using tools like Anchor or Synth. Which enable students to create on their own, and using Synth, students can ask and answer questions asynchronously. These are just a few quick digital ways to promote collaboration.

4.  Collaborative Creations: When it comes to having students do more creating in the classroom, we have a ton of resources and materials to choose from. Giving students the option of using traditional formats versus digital formats is something that I do a lot in my own classroom. I want my students to have choices, however I also want them to build some other skills like online collaboration and designing. There are many tools that are adding features for students to create together. Beyond the collaborative options within Microsoft and Google, students can now work with emerging technologies. Using tools like CoSpaces and 3DBear, students can work together to create augmented and virtual reality spaces for digital storytelling. With either of these options, students work together in ways that build collaborative skills while also connecting them with more authentic and meaningful learning experiences.

5. Blogging and Website Design: Blogging offers so many benefits in addition to building literacy skills and helping students to share ideas in a more authentic way. It also offers an effective way to build relationships between students as they exchange ideas, offer peer feedback and engage in more conversations in the classroom and online. Teachers can learn more about students and their interests, and use these ideas to create additional opportunities for collaboration within the classroom and with global peers. Tools such as Kidblog or Edublogs are good options. Creating a group project can be done using many different presentation formats, but one which helps students to build skills transferable for the future is in designing a website. Students in my school created websites for History Day and had a great artifact of learning to share and developed skills which will benefit them in the future.

https://www.gettingsmart.com/2019/10/03/5-ways-to-build-collaborative-learning-skills-in-and-out-of-the-classroom/

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5 Ways to Build Collaborative Learning Skills In and Out of the Classroom

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By: Rachelle Dene Poth. Finding ways to help students build collaboration skills in the classroom is important for preparing them for the future of work and learning. Here are five ways to open up more opportunities for students to collaborate in and out of the classroom.

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5 Ways to Build Collaborative Learning Skills In and Out of the Classroom

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In kindergarten we started to work in the group dimension. Initially a restricted group with few elements in which they hear and understand each other.
Respect for what the other says, the importance of each one, what the other can bring to the group is very important to start this path of beginning so individualistic.

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I use project work with small groups, so that everyone can give their idea. We continue the project with your ideas that improve through the questions they are asking. All ideas are valid for the group, sometimes we have to try to clarify the thought and express the idea better.

Class Rules are always performed in pairs. At the end of the week when the evaluated take place, the fundamental question is: Did everyone help for the task is successful performed? Instead of asking if each child did well the task. What matters is that all the children have been able to help themselves to get the tasks done correctly. Tasks change every week and everyone has to go through all the tasks, so they also understand what it's like to be in the role of others.

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I encourage collaborative learning through research assignments and poster making, working in Canva, Padlet, Genialy. ly program

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I use the Kahoot, Padlet, Quizlet to enrich my teaching in the class, and also through zoom I maximize using the breakout room to manage the group work and collaborate activity of the students

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Kahoot, Padlet, Canva, Google Slides

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One of the strategies I use to foster students' collaboration skills is creating Wakelet collections and sharing the collaborator link/code/QR with them.
This learning activity promotes several collaboration skills.

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Which countries/places would you like to travel to?

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Padlet, Kahoot, Voice Thread, Voki, Genially, any PBL activities related to topic, gamification and so on.
Groups are rearranged every so often through a map system: students with the city of Paris work together, NY together, etc ( the teacher arranges groups depending on activity, sometimes mixed-ability groups work better and some others same-ability groups with teacher help on low-levels works better; this is arranged at teacher discretion). My key word is collaboration.

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I teach math and science. In science I always use Project based learning, an excellent methodology built around projects, but at the same time centered on the student.
Students learn to:
- manage problem-solving by drawing information from different sources and disciplines (thus developing the holistic sense and enhancing interdisciplinarity);
- they work in cooperative-learning mode;
- they learn to better manage their time and material resources.

In mathematics I often use Kahoot, Worldwall, and online group tests.

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I use Kahoot, Padlet, Quizlet and with good results. I am happy and so are the student

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Very recently I asked students to create a fruit smoothie recipe of their own. They were given a list of varied ingredients, and were invited to make the combinations they thought best to obtain a successful result. Prior to this, they had seen videos where they learnt how to prepare a fruit smoothie. They were excited with the idea. They did it in small groups. They chose the ingredients, gave a name to their recipe, and wrote it, naming the ingredients, the quantities, the utensils, and describing the steps to make a fruit smoothie. Then, they realised they wanted to try their own recipe. So, they decided to do it at home, at the weekend. They even made short videos showing all the steps that had been described on the paper.  They were ready (and eager) to show the result of their creativity to the other groups. And so, every group presented their video to the class and explained how to prepare a delicious fruit smoothie. Collaboration is the name of this successful recipe.

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Many, many materials that students can work with: puzzles, crafts...also Wordwall, I am a puzzle..

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Work in groups, every time the group is different. Also a work in pair at home on seminars. Project where we gather kids from different classes to collaborate.

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Project based learning focuses on collaboration and enhances classroom community

Formative assessment - assessment FOR learning not assessment OF learning

Gamification - levels to pass, progress bar, unlocking challenges, badges, rewards,  leaderboard

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I set goals.
I respect their point of view.
I encourage innovation of any sort.
I help them connect .
I build trust.
I reward collaboration.
I try to reduce conflicts.

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MS Teams
4Pics-1Word
Mentimeter

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Itslearning, Kahoot!, Quizlet

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WebEx, Teams, Mentimeter, Answer Garden, Kahoot, Moodle, Padlet, Quizlet

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Tricider
Canva
Mindmeister

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Etherpad, Kahoot, Its Learning

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Moodle, MS Teams

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Kahoot, Learning Snacks, Answer Garden, 

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Kahoot, Learning Snacks, Answer Garden, 

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Kahoot
It’s learning
Quizlet

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Moodle

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Padlet, Kahoot, Actionbound

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Padlet

Kahoot!