Initial results reveal the potential of collaboration in learning environments.
Her research interests include a particular focus on the work of teachers and the role of collaboration in learning.
In the context of education, students are not regarded as just recipients of education but are involved in collaboration in learning activities, expressed as eLearning 2.0 or Education 2.0.
As we learned from the first phase of this program, successful implementation requires a participatory approach to program planning and evaluation that promotes local ownership, collaboration and transparency in learning from mistakes.
Let's recap the #6 things we've learned about collaboration in distance learning.
This in turn has given rise to innovative cross-organizational collaboration in learning of a variety of forms.
"It will allow for a lot more collaboration in learning, through Intranet activities and through the Internet, not only locally but around the world," she said.
In particular, the three dimensions of communities (mutual engagement, joint enterprise, and shared repertoire) and the features of collaboration and co-operation in learning activities (synchronicity, shared goals, joint problem space, relationship with peers, division of labour) have been employed to further explain and interpret the data and outcomes of the thematic analysis (Mason 2002).
In collaboration with learning researchers and professors we have innovated the entire learning flow by re-inventing science education covering everything from engaging and fun real-world scenarios, to interactive 3D animations explaining what happens even on a nano-level, to applying modern teaching methods that optimizes learning effectiveness and retention," he argues.
The findings thus serve to encourage further research and work in this area, as well as to recommend that GIGAME and other similar games may be developed with the guidance of such theoretical frameworks and be utilized in classrooms by relevant educational practitioners to encourage deeper collaboration, inquiry, and learning in students.
