Lesson 13

Cooperative Learning With the Computer

Objectives

To discuss the different elements of

cooperative learning with the use of

computer.

To compare what are the advantages

and disadvantages of cooperative

learning using computer.

Cooperative Learning/Collaborative Learning

learning by small groups of students who work together in a common learning task.

based on the model that knowledge can be created within a population where members actively interact by sharing experiences and take on asymmetry roles.

commonly illustrated when groups of students work together to search for understanding, meaning, or solutions or to create an artifact or product of their learning.

Elements

•Common goal • Interdependence• Interaction• Individual accountability• Social skills

Pros

• Encourages active learning, while

motivating students.

• Increase academic performance.

• Promotes literacy and language skills.

• Improves teacher effectiveness.

• Improves personal and social

development.

Cons

• Students in the group are having

conversations that has nothing to do with the

lesson.

• Students becoming impatient with others in

the group ceasing to work cooperatively.

• One bright students doing the most of the

work.

• Teachers may rely on students about

lessons/resources and make it an excuse to

keep the students busy.

Cooperative Learning w/ the Computer

Researches have made studies on the

learning interaction between the

students and the computer. The studies

have great value since it has been a long

standing fear that the computer may

foster student learning in isolation that

hinders the development of the students

social skills.

Cooperative Learning w/ the Computer

A pedagogical approach wherein learning takes

place via social interaction using a computer or

through the Internet. This kind of learning is

characterized by the sharing and construction of

knowledge among participants using technology as

their primary means of communication or as a

common resource. It can be implemented in online

and classroom learning environments and can take

place synchronously or asynchronously.

HISTORYThough studies in collaborative learning and technology took place throughout the 1980s and 90s, the earliest public workshop directly addressing CSCL was "Joint Problem Solving and Microcomputers" which took place in San Diego in 1983. Six years later in 1989, the term "computer-supported collaborative learning" was used in a NATO-sponsored workshop in Maratea, Italy. A biannual CSCL conference series began in 1995. At the 2002 and 2003 CSCL conferences, the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) was established to run the CSCL and ICLS conference series and the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (ijCSCL) and JLS journals.

Components of Cooperative Learning

• Assigning students to mixed ability

teams.

• Establishing positive interdependence.

• Teaching cooperative teaching skills.

• Insuring individual accountability.

• Helping groups process information.

The End

By:

• Arboleda, Lalaine

• Bartolome, Jeah

• Cortez, Jorence

• Estimos, Gem Anton

• Nacion, Welina