Collaborative learning
Overview
Collaboration is a very powerful tool for learning. Students must not only understand concepts but be able to communicate them, negotiate, assess and reassess their point of view, and come to a shared agreement or understanding.
This section covers group projects and presentations, collaborative pedagogies, discussion, and collaborative tools such as wikis and discussion boards.
Student screen sharing for in-class settings
Have the best of both worlds; face-to-face classes where students can share their screens.
Play and Peer Learning: ideas from beyond the campus
See our video interview with Huddlecraft from UWE’s Festival of Learning.
How learning happens with Seppo
Seppo can help us to achieve the strategic aims of providing ‘innovative learning strategies and environments’ and ‘experiences of practice-based learning within and outside the University’.
Teams for teaching in 21/22
Things to consider if you are thinking of using Microsoft Teams for teaching and learning on your module.
Hybrid teaching made simple
How to set up a hybrid teaching session using Collaborate, share projected screens and run the chat using one monitor.
Group submissions for summative assessment
Please read this guidance if you are planning on using group work for summative assessment.
Student-led Teams meetings
Tips for helping students use Microsoft Teams for group work and research projects.
Using Groups in Blackboard
Create groups in your Blackboard course for facilitating group work, providing different materials to different students, or for administrative purposes.
Sharing files using OneDrive – Working in breakout groups
Use shared documents in breakout rooms for students to record the results of collaborative activities.
Setting up breakout groups in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Get students working together in your online sessions by using breakout groups.
Discussion Boards
When you first use discussion boards with your students, it is a good idea to give them some guidance around the etiquette of using these.
Blogging in Social Geography
In the first semester of 2014/15 I worked with a FET lecturer in Geography and Environmental Management, Sara-Jayne Williams, who teaches on a module called Society, Youth & Ageing. Together we developed a plan whereby students would blog about the subject matter and share their blogs with each other in order to construct subject knowledge as a class.
Finding out more about wikis in education
A case study explaining the advantages and disadvantages of using wikis for student collaboration.
What’s the difference between wikis and blogs?
A discussion of two ways of facilitating student-created content.