Engaging Students in Collaborative Learning

Collaborative Learning

Note: Follow up information for the showcase will be made available online soon. In the meantime, you can view the evaluation results here.

Collaborative learning is a learning and teaching strategy that involves students working as pairs or as a group. There are different forms of collaborative learning, including learning activities that necessitates students working together in small activities during lectures and/or tutorials. These activities can be included or excluded from assessment. However, designing assessment strategies to assess group learning alongside independent learning enhances students’ ability to collaborate rather than compete with each other.

The CTL would like to invite you to a showcase on Engaging Students in Collaborative Learning.

The showcase is an opportunity to exchange best practice and to inspire colleagues to use collaborative learning strategies. The showcase will be held on the 16th June 2010 at the Isabella’s Restaurant between 11.00 am – 1.00 pm. The showcase participants will have the opportunity to exchange best practice in collaborative learning. The showcase includes

• an interactive demonstration involving students
• poster presentations and prize for best poster
• keynote from Associate Professor Grahame Feletti
• discussion about the challenges of incorporating Collaborative Learning

Details of the activities planned for the showcase are available in the showcase flyer.

Poster Submissions

Are you interested in presenting a poster at the Engaging Students in Collaborative Learning Showcase? Guideline for authors

Abstracts are now invited for the Engaging Students in Collaborative Learning Showcase.

• Authors who are interested in presenting a poster to share their practice in collaborative learning are required to submit an abstract no longer than 500 words by 15th March 2010 directly to Siva.Krishnan@newcastle.edu.au.
• Abstracts will be accepted in Microsoft word format and authors are reminded to include their name and affiliation to the abstract.
• Successful applicants will be notified on the 22nd March and will be required to submit their final poster by the 15th April 2010.
• Posters will be published in a special issue Centre for Teaching and Learning publication.

How Will I Benefit?

• Obtain feedback on your ideas.
• Access CTL support for taking the poster forward to a conference or journal publication.

Please note that this showcase provides an opportunity for authors to exchange best practice through poster presentation. Hence, you are encouraged to have a few of your students to present your poster.

One poster will be chosen by our distinguished guest and will be awarded best poster prize (bookshop voucher worth $250 AUD).

Event          Engaging Students in Collaborative Learning Showcase
Venue        Isabella’s Restaurant, Callaghan
Date           16 June 2010
Time          11am – 1pm
Contact     Dr Siva Krishnan
Phone        02 4921 6533
Email         Siva.Krishnan@newcastle.edu.au
Light lunch will be provided at 1pm.

The number of participants is limited to 20 staff from each Faculty including poster presenters. Please register your interest in attending by contacting Assistant Dean Teaching and Learning in your Faculty by the 28th Feb 2010.