Cooperative and collaborative learning are not new concepts in the field of education - they have been studied for decades and have been used as classroom practices for much longer than that. Although ...

Academic instructors, hired for their content expertise, are rarely trained in skills like classroom facilitation or community-building. But successful collaborative learning requires a degree of ...

Since November 2017, Sony Electronics has worked alongside faculty and administration from 11 colleges and universities in the U.S. to gain a better understanding of the role technology plays in ...

“These types of collaborative learning apps are using technology to drive the most engaged, social learning by bringing kids together around a single device – much like the successful dynamics of a ...

The above menu of classroom activities is by no means exhaustive. Over time, instructors committed to active learning tend to develop their own repertoires and variations. The key to creating active ...

What does the "classroom of the future" look like? In contrast to the traditional lecture-oriented room, this increasingly popular kind of space, known as a "studio classroom," emphasizes group ...

Diana Laurillard presents ideas and tools for students to create their own digital products as part of a collaborative learning task An effective way of supporting students learning through discussion ...

Cutting-edge learning spaces are designed with flexibility and collaboration in mind, right down to the modular tables and chairs. This story appeared in the November 2012 digital edition of Campus ...