Methods. Groups. ELE. Graphs. Abstract. Collaborative learning. [1] Collaborative learning is a situation in which two or more people learn or attempt to learn something together.[2] Unlike individual learning, people engaged in collaborative learning capitalize on one another’s resources and skills (asking one another for information, evaluating one another’s ideas, monitoring one another’s work, etc.).[3][4] More specifically, collaborative learning is based on the model that knowledge can be created within a population where members actively interact by sharing experiences and take on asymmetry roles.[5] Put differently, collaborative learning refers to methodologies and environments in which learners engage in a common task where each individual depends on and is accountable to each other.
These include both face-to-face conversations[6] and computer discussions (online forums, chat rooms, etc.).[7] Methods for examining collaborative learning processes include conversation analysis and statistical discourse analysis.[8] Examples[edit]