Last Meeting

What is collaborative learning?

In education, collaborative learning is a technique teachers use to group students together to impact learning in a positive way. Proponents of collaborative learning believe it helps students in many ways, as we'll see below. They theorize that working together increases learning outcomes. Collaborative learning can occur between just two students or within a larger group, and it can take a variety of forms. Let's take a look at Ms. Tyler's classroom; she's a pro at using collaborative learning to maximize learning.

How Technology Can Encourage Student Collaboration

Today’s employers say the capacity to collaborate to solve problems is going to be even more important for tomorrow’s workers than content knowledge. And a recent study shows employers are looking for people who can work effectively in teams.

Forward-thinking teachers are using technology to promote teamwork and collaborative projects, linking their students to classrooms across the globe. Yet building students’ collaborative skills is tough in traditional classrooms, where a teacher stands at the front of rows of students isolated by desks.

Place your mouse over the video and without clicking, you will be able to see the CC option for you to listen to the video and read the subtitles at the same time.



Place your mouse over the video and without clicking, you will be able to see the CC option for you to listen to the video and read the subtitles at the same time.


LET'S COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER USING LINOIT

LinoIt is a free service that allows you to create a canvas of online multimedia sticky notes. In addition to basic text, the sticky notes you place on your canvas can contain videos, images, and file attachments. Unlike some similar sticky note services, Lino It allows you to alter the size and color of your fonts. You can use Lino It's built-in calendar tool to set due dates on your sticky notes.

How to Lino

To download the quick tutorial, click here
To download a detailed user guide, click here 

Watch this tutorial

Task

Those who attended the meeting completed the task.

Those who were not able to attend should read this lesson. You are going to receive an e-mail with an invitation to work on another canvas since the one used for the meeting has already been completed. 

Taking into account all that we worked with in this course, add a photo, a video, a document and a note. You can see your partners' contribution by clicking here

This is the canvas you are going to work with