Collaborative Learning: A Model of Strategies to Apply in University Teaching

NÉSTOR ROSELLI

Journal of Education & Social Policy

Center for Promoting Ideas

Año: 2017 vol. 4

2375-0782

Collaborative learning is a construct that identifies a strong field nowadays, both traditional on-site and virtualeducation. The article aims to present a model of strategies that teachers can implement to develop sociocognitivecollaboration. These strategies are classified according to the socio-cognitive aspect they aim at. Itmust be taken into account that all the strategies are thought to be applied in on-site classes, but it is possible toadjust them to be virtually applied, using the different communicational technologies. Each strategy is specificallydescribed. These strategies refer to six areas: encouragement of dialogue, listening to others andreciprocal/mutual evaluation; collaboration for negotiation and consensus building; activity organization; studyand appropriation of bibliographic information; conceptual development; collective writing. Finally, conclusionsand recommendations for the implementation of these strategies are discussed.