Collaborative
Overview
There is significant research to show the benefits of collaborative learning. Some of the benefits of collaborative learning include:
- Supporting the development of a range of skills such as teamwork, communication and leadership.
- Can increase student retention by helping to build a sense of community and belonging with peers and tutors.
- Exposes students to more diverse perspectives.
Collaboration approaches
Collaboration in higher education can be difficult to implement effectively and needs careful curriculum design. There are a range of established approaches to learning and the curriculum that can support a collaborative approach. All of these approaches are more than simply doing group work, they require a different approach to curriculum design and teaching strategies. In addition to supporting student collaboration, all of these approaches emphasise active, relevant, and meaningful learning.
Team-based learning
Team-based learning (see ) is a collaborative pedagogy based on the flipped classroom. Students learn key concepts before class and are then tested on them. Mini-lectures help clarify concepts that students are struggling with and then students work in teams to apply the concepts to problems.
An introduction to team-based learning is available via this and via this
Problem-based learning
In problem-based learning (see ), academic staff create realistic problems requiring the application of discipline knowledge and skills. Students work together to create solutions to these problems. Students undertake a series of structured steps to create these solutions.
The 天美传媒 of York Law School has produced a detailed
Case-based learning
Case-based learning (see ) is similar to problem-based learning and is particularly common in healthcare and business disciplines. Students work in groups on discipline-based case scenarios to find solutions to the problems posed in the cases.
has been produced by Queen's 天美传媒. If you want to implement smaller-scale changes to encourage greater collaboration then this is a useful starting point
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