Talking points about the benefits of collaborative learning

1. BIOGRAPHY
OF AN E-LEARNER
BY STEVE BRIESACHER

2. STEPHEN STUDENT
• Age: 35
• Years of managing experience in retail
• Goes back to school to further his career
• Takes online courses at night
• Has two young children

3. WHAT KIND OF LEARNING
EXPERIENCE DOES STEPHEN HAVE?
PAST EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
• High School Diploma
• Some college credits
• Struggles with traditional education
due to raising a family and inflexible
work schedule
FUTURE GOALS
• Take online classes that offers flexible
schedule
• Graduate with a college degree
• Find a job that works well for his
family

4. TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM
So easy
for a student
to feel
lost and
overwhelmed

5. STEPHEN’S
E-LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS
PERSONAL
• Multicultural
• Ability to multi-task
• Skilled at processing even when the
information flow is interrupted
• Techno savvy
• Non linear learning
• Preference to learn via pictures or video
COLLABORATIVE
• Preference for interactive or
networked activities
• Want instructors to use technology
• Interacting with technology and
social media
• Team work orientated

6. WHAT DOES STEPHEN WANT
FROM THE INSTRUCTOR?
• Open to answering questions
• Flexibility
• Understand technology
• Encourages collaborative learning and
professional development

7. COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

8. HOW CAN SOCIAL MEDIA HELP
STEPHEN WITH COLLABORATIVE LEARNING?
• Promotes collective intelligence
• Out-of-class student engagement
• Teaches social and personal
responsibility
• Informal and democratic learning
environment
• Access to online resources (e.g. live
feeds, videos, web links)
• Online discussions in real time

9. SOCIAL MEDIA EXAMPLES

10. SUMMARY
TOP REASONS WHY COLLABORATIVE
LEARNING WORKS FOR STEPHEN:
• Collaborative learning promotes collective
intelligence through social media
• Social media also allows for informal and
democratic student engagement out of
classroom
• Online discussions in real time
• E-learning allows students to work around
their schedules

11. THANKS FOR WATCHING