Collaborative Online Learning

Collaborative Online Learning

1. Online Collaborative Learning Activities: Graduate students perceptions

   • Aim
     • Examined the perceptions of minority graduate students toward online collaborative learning activities
       • Online Collaborative Learning
         • Advantages
           • Development of critical thinking & problem solving skills
         • Disadvantages
           • struggle with the development of sense of interdependence and inter-subjectivity
       • Collaborative Learning
         • An educational approach to T&L that involves groups of students working together to solve a problem
   • Discussion
     • Facilitate knowledge building and construction
       • promotes higher level thinking , positive interactions , contributes to knowledge constructions, allowed them to exchange ideas, critiques work of others.
     • Meet their learning and communication styles
       • given opportunity to collaborate more with peers and able to choose from many online activities of which one best fit each learning styles
     • Share and lead discussion
       • gain leadership skills- delegated to lead discussion
   • Methods
     • Qualitative research
       • Semi structureed interview
     • purposeful sample of 20 full time graduate students