Online Course

Nurs 791 - Instructional Strategies and Assessment

Module 5: Collaborative Teaching Strategies

Overview

Collaborative instructional strategies are those that move the learning environment from teacher-intensive and teacher-moderated learning to a more student-centered environment. In this model of learning the teacher and students or student to student interaction is a partnership with one another which places an increased responsibility for learning on the students that is greater than teacher-intensive and teacher–moderated instructional strategies.

Collaborative learning theory is "the active reconstruction of a learner's knowledge and ideas through peer-to-peer dialogues, commenting, discussing, sharing, and reconceptualizing".

It is derived from constructive cognitive development and is defined as a "broad term for educational approaches involving joint intellectual effort by students or students and teachers together; usually working in groups of two or more students mutually search for understanding, meaning or solutions or create a product".

In the collaborative learning environment, the teacher serves as a facilitator, coach, and/or role model. The teacher creates and manages the learning experiences that will stimulate the students to think and solve problems. The role of students is to participate as an active learner and to assist with goal setting, evaluation, and grading.

This is the third module that focuses on instructional strategies. Module 5 consists of “collaborative” instructional practices. These strategies involve learning through a joint effort between the teacher and the student or a group of students. Collaborative strategies addressed in this module include active learning, workshop, demonstration/return demonstration, and laboratory.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this module, the learner will:

incorporate knowledge of learning style, developmental stages, and learning theories when choosing a teacher-moderated instructional strategy;
construct learning objectives that would be appropriate for teacher-moderated instructional strategies;
demonstrate the use of at least one instructional strategy;
distinguish between effective and ineffective uses of each instructional strategy.

Strongly Suggested Readings

Introduction to Active Learning from University of Michigan https://crlt.umich.edu/active_learning_introduction
Overview of Active Learning from Harvard University https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/active-learning

Directions

After completing the Module, answer the discussion question in the appropriate Module 5 discussion area.

Module Components - Overview | Assignments
Topics - Active Learning | Workshops | Laboratory | Demonstration

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