Module 1 Activity 7 - Collaborative Learning

Students learn quicker and better when they learn from each other.  Co-operative learning fosters this and when integrated with ICT it works even better because students love to manipulate technology. They become involved in their own learning and this makes for a good classroom environment.  While the teacher becomes a guide on the side the teacher also has to plan for these lesson very carefully.  There should also be constant monitoring of  the groups as some students can easily be distracted and lead astray.  For the most part though, there are more advantages than disadvantages when using collaborative learning and this should be done in all classrooms for all subjects at one point or the other.