Collaborative learning in the digital space
Guiding students to learn from each other through peer feedback
Sam Evans and David Collett share a framework to guide students in effective peer review to boost learning outcomes
Supporting collaborative learning among remote students through peer review
Diana Laurillard talks through how to use peer review as a way to foster active, collaborative learning among students online
How to foster collaboration among students trained to compete
Collaboration is a vital life skill but can be challenging after an education infused with competition at every step. Jie Zhang, Qing Ye and Steven Bateman explain how they…
Soft skills: how to promote student collaboration in online environments
Online collaboration is not an innate skill for most students but something that instructors must cultivate. Hugh McFaul explains how he did this through careful design of …
Forum-based online teaching to improve student engagement and motivation
A key challenge with online learning is maintaining student engagement and motivation. A forum-based teaching system, in which all students could see and compare their work …
Connecting research and humanities through creative collaborations
Creative collaborations between students in different disciplines can offer opportunities to gain “real world” experience and apply their knowledge in new…
How to build outstanding pedagogy for teaching via Zoom
Too many educators still view online as a second-rate form of teaching, but it does not have to be. In this video, Stephen Hersh offers advice on how to offer first-class…
How I fostered multilingual student discussion in asynchronous online classes
Ioannis Gaitanidis explains how designed his asynchronous online teaching to foster the same level of spontaneous student discussion as his in-person classes
Think-pair-share: how to structure online classes
When students discuss ideas and learn from one another, they absorb far more, which is the rationale behind the think-pair-share teaching model. Here José Guzman explains…
Virtual exchange: supporting online collaboration to benefit all learners
Virtual exchanges enable group work between students in different locations, but studies show varied learning gains. Irina Rets and Bart Rienties use research to…
Planning and facilitating quality discussions
Three online teaching experts share advice on how to foster quality discussions among students online to aid learning during this ACUE webinar
Do unto students as they would have done to them
Maha Bali offers practical advice on building equitable learning communities online no matter what students’ bandwidth or synchronicity of the class
The art and science of online discussion forums
Online discussion forums are an effective way to ensure remote students engage critically with their subjects but require careful thought and planning by instructors, as…
The power of peer to peer: how and why to encourage your students to learn from each other
Peer-to-peer learning brings major benefits for students and instructors. Here, Zachary Walker explains how to encourage your students to learn from each other and…
