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BILC 2010 – Collaborative Learning

Prof. Benjamin C. PIM

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LOGISTICS• OVER 34,000 SQUARE METRES OF OFFICE SPACE

•OVER 180 ROOMS WITH IN-ROOM FACILITIES + 35 ROOMS AND BARRACKS AT PORTO POTENZA (TESTING CENTER) ;

• N° 35 CLASSROOMS AND N° 12 VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS

• N°3 MULTIMEDIA LABS

• N°2 LABS FOR E-TUTORS

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MISSION• Conduct intensive and specialized english

language courses• Advise and monitor language courses to

personnel by private schools linked to military personnel

• Carry out teacher training and support • Certify language proficiency for Air Force IAW

NATO STANAG 6001 – Joint Forces Language Test (JFLT)

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On base coursesGeneral conditions

Class sizes (8 -10 students)

Content (ILR & STANAG-based)

Teaching – intensive (7 hrs/day)

Facilities (Labs, Internet, SAT TV, etc.)

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2008 - 2010

+ 10% increase in level 3s

15.39% - 25%

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We all work together as a team....

and that means you do everything I say!

Collaborative learning is a situation in which two or more

people learn or attempt to learn something together.

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Methodologies

Environments

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• collaborative learning vs. individual learning

• individual vs. team

• homogenous vs. heterogeneous

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Five steps to

success

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1. Positive Interdependence

• Role• Identity• Outside force

interdependence• Simulation

interdependence• Environmental

interdependence

• Goal interdependence

• Incentive interdependence

• Resource interdependence

• Sequence interdependence

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2. Individual and Group Accountability

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3. Interpersonal and Small – Group Skills

• Motivated

• Effective leadership

• Make decisions

• Trust

• Communicate

• Conflict

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4. Face to Face Promotive Interaction

• Promote

• Encourage

• Support

• Explain

• Teach

• Check

• Discuss

• Connect

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5. Group Processing (Reflection)

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There are six key-steps involved in planning collaborative learning:

• approach• content• teams• materials• tasks and roles• time and space

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Planning for Collaborative Learning

• Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)

• Jigsaw

• Group Investigation

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Choose an Approach:

• Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD)

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Jigsaw Approach:

• Group Investigation

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Avoid:

Allowing one student to be carried by the others.

Allowing one student to do the work for the group.

Holding up one person or group as the “best”.

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Key points:

• Set up tasks which cannot be completed without input from each team member.

• Reflect upon the 5 steps

• Take into consideration the 6 key-steps for planning a lesson

• Train teachers.

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And remember….

there’s no “i” in TEAM

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Questions?