COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

 

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING:

            Collaborative learning is an educational approach of teaching and learning in which groups of students participate in solving issues, completing tasks, or creating products together. Collaborative learning flourishes in a social environment, where learners can converse with each other.

The collaborative learning process is a new educational approach in which students study in groups to enhance their learning outcomes. They come together to perform tasks, work on projects and understand new concepts.

The concept of collaborative learning helps the students to actively engage in the processing of new information by putting group efforts instead of making use of memorization techniques for studying. In this way, the students can defend their places, reframe new ideas, understand other people's points of view and gain a better understanding of a subject rather than working as individuals.

Key Features of Collaborative Learning

• Purpose of the Activity- Collaborative Learning helps to satisfy the purpose of the activity with equal and distributed efforts of all team members.
• Individual Learning Goals- It helps the students to accept new challenges and work on different parts of the projects with help of other students.
• Enhancing Friendships and Teamwork- This helps the students to make friends across the institute having same interests and build a series of network
•  Building of New Relationships- Helps students to meet new students, learn about their ways, cultures and work with them.
• Delegation of skills - Distributing the responsibilities of work with the team members as per their experiences, expertise and interest.