Use of Collaborative Learning in Higher Education


Collaborative Learning has been used in Higher Education more frequently than K-12 classrooms. One reason for this is the business world operates collaboratively. Group projects and team teaching have become common place in university classrooms. This site contains books, journals, and websites that cover how Higher Education utilizes collaborative learning in various venues. Research, examples, technology, and subject specific sites are here to help you understand how Higher Education sees and uses collaborative learning.


References

Anson, Chris. And Others. Collaboration in Practice. 1993. Source: Writing on the Edge. v4 n2. p80-96 Spr 1993.

Behm, Richard. Ethical Issues in Peer Tutoring: A Defense of Collaborative Learning. 1989. Source: Writing Center Journal. v10 n1. p3-12 Fall-Win 1989.

Bruffee, Kenneth A. Collaborative Learning: Higher Education, Interdependence, and the Authority of Knowledge. 1993. 264 p.

Bruffee, Kenneth A. The Art of Collaborative Learning: Making the Most of Knowledgeable Peers. 1987. Source: Change. v19 n2. p42-47 Mar-Apr 1987.

Chamberlin, Chuck. Reflections on a Collaborative School-Based Teacher Education Project. 1991. Source: Alberta Journal of Educational Research. v37 n2. p141-56 Jun 1991.

Dobos, Jean A. Collaborative Learning: Effects of Student Expectations and Communication Apprehension on Student Motivation. 1996. Source: Communication Education. v45 n2. p118-34 Apr 1996.

Gamson, Zelda F. Collaborative Learning Comes of Age. 1994. Source: Change. v26 n5. p44-49 Sep-Oct 1994.

Geltner, Beverley B. The Power of Structural and Symbolic Redesign: Creating a Collaborative Learning Community in Higher Education. 94. 19 p.; 1 microfiche card.

Goodburn, Amy. Collaboration, Critical Pedagogy, and Struggles over Difference. 1994. Source: Journal of Advanced Composition. v14 n1. p131-47 Win 1994.

Rau, William. Humanizing the College Classroom: Collaborative Learning and Social Organization among Students. 1990. Source: Teaching Sociology. v18 n2. p141-55 Apr 1990.

Sheridan, Jean. And Others. Collaborative Learning. 1989. Source: College Teaching. v37 n2. p49-53 Spr 1989.


Web Sites

Collaborative Learning and TQM and Accountability-- Oh, My! http://www2.nu.edu/nuri/llconf/conf1995/lee.html

Computer Conferencing as a Cooperative Learning Environment http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/wklemm/cl.html

Using Groupware and Collaborative Learning in an Information Management Teaching Module http://www.welch.jhu.edu/cthsl/participants/funkhouser/environ.htm

Forum for Teachers and Learning in Higher Education http://www.wisc.edu/learntech/wkshop/reasons.html

Project- Collaborative Learning Through Computer Conferencing http://cleo.murdoch.edu.au/asu/edtech/caut94/collab-learn.html

Journalism http://www.uri.edu/artsci/jor/collab.htm

Innovations in Higher Education: Collaborative Learning and the Adult Learner
http://www.nu.edu/nuri/llconf/conf1995/gold.html

University of Missouri-Rolla Collaborative Learning Site http://www.umr.edu/~assess/edpedres/collabor.html

Example of Collaborative/Intrdisciplinary Learning in Higher Education.: Collaborative Learning Approaches to Image Processing Education at The University of Iowa http://www.icaen.uiowa.edu/~dip/CVPR/title.html

Computer-Mediated Collaborative Learning: An Empirical Evaluation http://www.mbs.umd.edu/business/abstracts.etc/alavi003.html


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