"Welcome to a continuing series of posts based on the eight essential elements (BIE) that make up Project Based learning. In this post I would like to focus on "significant content. I have ten ideas..."
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Why have your students work collaboratively? "Collaborative learning teams are said to attain higher levels of thinking and preserve information for longer times that students working individually." This post provides 20 suggestions to help collaborative groups work more effectively. A few are: * Establish group goals. * Keep groups mid-sized. * Build trust and promote open communication. * Consider the learning process asa part of the assessment. The post includes links to a variety of resources and each point has an explantion with additional information. 
Channylt's curator insight,
April 7, 2014 10:56 AM
Great tips on how to facilitate collaborative learning. Learners that work collaborativley are engaged in their learning and have better learning outcomes. 
Marina Cousins's curator insight,
April 10, 2014 8:06 PM
I liked this article, as it highlighted to me the importance of collaborative learning is much better than individual learning. As I have mentioned several times, the learning and assessment that takes place within my workplace has a strong behaviourist foundation of learning and repeating key words and actions to pass an assessment (it is a very individual approach to learning).
Many of my colleagues view this experience of learning & assessment in a negative way. What are some of the ways to overcome this negative view of learning?
After reading this article, I will seriously consider using a collaborative learning style within my workplace (if I get the opportunity). The advantage of using real world problems or clinical incidents is that it offers the learner the opportunitity to improve their critical thinking skills and problem-solving ability.
Therefore, by using collaborative learning you can apply the following learning theories of cognitivism, constructivism, objectivism. 
Hazel Kuveya's curator insight,
April 10, 2014 9:22 PM
Keeping the groups at moderate levels will ensure an effective exchange of ideas and participation in all involved, I can echo the same statement that two heads are better than one. It is also interesting to learn that collaborative teams attain higher level thinking and preserve information for longer periods as compared to their individual counterparts., yes the use of technology makes collaborative learning manageable. |
Gorman begins this post by providing a definition of Project Based Learning that looks at the final project as the "desert." He states "In true Project Based Learning the project uncovers and facilitates the learning of significant content. In PBL there is a balancing of learning that occurs through out the project duration."
He discussed PBL in relation to the four C's (Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, and Creativity) noting that often PBL becomes too focused on the four C's. There is also the need to make sure that there is sufficient scaffolding for the learners. To assist in learning how to plan there is list of ten ideas that may be considered in the planning process and the first three are listed below (quoted from the post):
* The entry event should show a relationship to the Driving Question promoting a “need to know” of significant content.
* The Driving Question should allow students to uncover the curriculum in a student friendly and understandable manner.
* The PBL planning sheet for students should line up with significant content in the curricular area being studied and assessed.
Gorman has also provided a link to a PBL Planning Reflection Sheet.