Module One: Reflection on Activity 7 (Collaborative Learning)

In this activity the main focus was on cooperative learning and how learners learn through group’s collaboration. I have learnt that cooperative learning helped to enhance teaching and learning with ICT if teachers plan effectively to meet the needs of the students. Students learning are also enhanced through group’s activities such as group’s project, science experiment, group’s presentation and many more.

Cooperative learning is a good strategy to use in the teaching learning process because it fosters socialization skills among students and students are given the opportunity to learn from each other while working together.  Students learn to listen to each other, share ideas, and express themselves openly and creatively. Cooperative learning also allows scaffolding to take place and making the students’ workload more manageable and the educator then acts as a guide.