1.1 What is collaborative learning?

1.2 Collaborative learning in a flexible classroom

1.3 Collaborative learning through project-based learning

1.4 A foreign language teacher’s experience of collaborative learning

1.5 A History & Geography teacher’s experience of collaborative learning

1.6 Module 1 Learning Activity

1.7 Module 1 Resource Section

Learning objectives
The learning objectives for this module are:
1.Understanding the full meaning of collaborative learning, and that it requires more than simply putting students in groups.
2. Appreciating the key benefits collaborative learning can bring to students and the specific skills it helps develop.
3.Appreciating how collaborative learning can be facilitated by a flexible, interactive classroom, and also through project-based learning.
4.Creating a personal Learning Diary to log learning activities, reflections and resources from the course.
5.Reflecting in your Learning Diary on two learning activities and whether they require a low or high level of collaboration from students.

1.Collaborative teaching & learning
2.Share your ideas
3.Collaborative learning through project-based learning

2.1 Embedding collaborative learning into lesson design

2.2 The 4 Collaboration Questions

2.3 21 CDL Collaboration Rubric

2.4 Collaborative learning scenarios

2.5 Module 2 Learning Activity

2.6 Module 2 Resource Section

Learning objectives
The learning objectives for this module are:
1.Understanding how to embed collaborative learning into lesson design
2.Appreciating the four dimensions of collaborative learning concerning group work, shared responsibility, making substantive decisions, and interdependent work
3.Understanding how the 21st Century Learning Design Collaboration Rubric and Learning Scenarios can help you reflect and design collaborative learning activities
4.Assessing the two collaborative learning activities you described in Module 1 using the 21 CLD Rubric, and reporting in your Learning Diary

3.1 Assessment for improving collaborative learning
3.2 A sports teacher's experience of assessing collaborative learning
3.3 An ICT teacher's experience of assessing collaborative learning
3.4 Collaborative learning and student peer reviews
3.5 Collaborative learning- What to assess and how?
3.6 Answers to teachers'questions on assessing collaborative learning
3.7 Learning Activity
3.8 Resource Section

Learning objectives
The learning objectives for this module are:
1.Understanding the principles of assessing collaborative learning
2.Identifying the various challenges teachers face in assessing collaborative learning and the tips, tools and solutions available to them.
3.Understanding the value of using rubrics and checklists for assessing collaborative learning, and how to construct them.
4.Appreciating the importance of involving students in the definition of assessment tools used for collaborative learning
5.Beginning work on one or more lesson plans integrating collaborative learning and assessment using the Learning Designer.

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