Dr. Z's Creative Cookbook for Collaborative Learning

Dr. Leigh ZeitzUniversity of Northern Iowa

@zeitzDrzreflects.comZeitz@uni.edu

Background

Wesley James Zeitz – Culinary Arts & Leisure/Restaurant Management

Background

Open Resource Google Doc

Creative Cookbook for Collaborative Learning Resource page.

Tinyurl.com/CollabCookbook

Learning is . . .

problem solving contextualchanged behaviorwhat happens in schools between

8:00 AM and 3:15 PM the acquisition of knowledge or skills

through experience, practice, or study, or by being taught.

Learning is Social

Meaningful learning is . . .

Contextualized

Learning is Collaborative

COLLABORATION

Multiple workers Extend Self Through

Others Shared Common Goals Work Independently Work Together

COLLABORATIVE TOOLS Multiple Collaborators Share Common Goals Allow Independent Work Integrate Individual

Tasks Revision Tracking Allow Synchronous Work Playful or Engaging

The Whole is LARGER than the sum of the parts

Common GoalsIndependent WorkSynchronous WorkIntegrated TasksEngaging

What is Collaboration?

More than unstructured Group Work Individuals join together as a team to

achieve a common goal. Each individual uses his/her strength to

add to the “mixing pot.” Success relies on effective communication

and interaction between members. Not all students will work well within

teams

What Are the Benefits/Challenges?

Discuss this with your group.

Select a scribe.Go to

tinyurl.com/CollabCookbook so scribe can enter your group’s opinions about the benefits/challenges.

Collaboration Research

Benefits

Promotes Student Learning

Can increase retention of the material

Increases student learning satisfaction

Builds oral communication

Promotes inter-personal relations and self esteem

Challenges

Need to work on social skills

Organizing roles is not simple

Takes longer to organize the groups to work on the task.

System for grading Multi-level grouping can

bother some students

Group Roles?

What Group Roles do YOU Assign?

Think-Pair-Share

Roles for Collaborative Teams

Major Roles

Facilitator

Recorder

Summarizer

Presenter

Additional Roles

Data Collector

Checker

Elaborator

Encourager

Materials Manager

Timekeeper

Roles for Collaborative Research Teams

Major Roles

Facilitator

Recorder

Summarizer

Presenter

Individual Roles

Each does own

research

Final project

creation jobs

based upon

strengths

Problem Solving

Your 4-person team sailed on a ship that has now sunk. You are in a 3-person row boat that is “taking on water” because you have too many people.

One person must leave the boat, but who will it be?

As a group, discuss the situation and decide who must “jump off.”

What Did You Learn?

How did people act? Who took the

leadership? Who wrote down the

discussion? Who did research if

necessary? What Roles did they

fill?

How Do You Evaluate?

What are the issues you encounter? Is it only one evaluation? How do you inform your students of

what is expected of them? Do you use a rubric?

Share your resources on our page.

Time to Share Your Work

Share what you have done/learned online somehow. Google DocVideoInteractive Tool

Post Your link on our Collaborative Page for others to enjoy.

Live with Courage

Live with Courage

Teach with Vision

Dr. Z’sCreative Cookbook

forCollaborative

Communication

Dr. Leigh ZeitzUniversity of Northern Iowa

zeitz@uni.edu

Blog: drzreflects.com

Twitter: @zeitz Contact me if you have questions or would like Dr. Z to work with you and your faculty.