Learning Curves Education Network
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Learning to Collaborate/Collaborating to Learn |
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November 2 - Session 1: Research on Collaborative Learning. Rena Pallof and Keith Pratt, authors of Collaborating Online: Learning Together in Community, will discuss best practices
in teaching students how to work in teams/groups. How to set expectations
for students about team/group work in an educational system where we
are usually taught to work as individuals and working together has often
been discouraged. Participants will be given a collaborative learning
exercise to complete before the end of the seminar series.
November 9 - Session 2: Best Practices in Collaborative Learning.
Rita-Marie Conrad, a faculty member in the college of education at Florida State University, will talk about how she uses collaboration as a learning tool in her courses.
November 16 - Session 3: Tools for Collaboration. Keith Pratt and Rena Palloff will discuss how to use discussion boards and other technologies to support and enhance the collaboration experience.