What is collaborative online learning?
Collaborative learning isn't anything new. Small group discussions and study sessions are collaborative learning activities that have been used in education and training for decades.
Collaborative online learning involves four things:
- Two or more peers with a shared learning goal.
- A workspace or learning environment in which collaboration can be accomplished.
- An interactive, facilitated process or structure for the learning experience.
- One or more electronic or computerized tools to support collaboration activities.
- Collaborative online learning requires a team of learners led by a facilitator in a virtual classroom using tools such as:
- Discussion groups
- Online forms
- Online forms
- Chat
- Whiteboard
- File sharing
- Instant messaging
- Video or audio conferencing
- Simultaneous collaboration is referred to as synchronous e-learning.
Examples include :
chat, instant messaging and video or audio conferencing.
- Asynchronous e-learning is when communication between people does not occur simultaneously.
Examples include:
e-mail messages and discussion group postings.
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