Collaboration

•How will you facilitate an authentic collaborative learning experience to promote deeper student engagement with content skills and concepts? I will promote collaborative learning as heterogeneous groups. Each group will select their “Safety Topic” for their learning team. The group will think, compare, reflect, hypothesize, and discuss topic. The group will create a digital poster. •As members of collaborative groups, how will you support students’ efforts to identify solutions to the problem you are using as the framework for your PBL instructional unit? In business courses, the problem solving skills are recognized by devising a plan of action. They are applied throughout the completion of the final product. For example, applying technology problem, students must decide which template problem to use, which piece of software to load, and how to solve problem. This will allow the cooperative teams an opportunity to use the Internet or the classroom toolbox (The classroom tool box is collections of lesson, resources, and material recipes from previous chapters cover in the classroom). •What criteria will you use to assign learners to collaborative groups, including a rationale? What will be the size of the collaborative groups you will include in your unit? Collaborative group actives will be designed by using 5 T’s:
 * Office Safety**A. [|Slips, Trips, and Falls in the Office]B. [|Back Injury]C. [|Housekeeping]D. [|Workstation Ergonomics]E. [|Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation]F. [|Office Electrical Safety]G. [|Office Fire Prevention Strategies]
 * 1) The group size: 5 or less
 * 2) The roles will be designated
 * 3) The process for the activity will be defined
 * 4) Time limits will be place on the group
 * 5) Technology digital communication tool

Rationale:
Collaborative learning is successful with heterogeneous groups. This will enhance the group’s cognitive skills and increase content knowledge that develops a deeper understanding which creates learning opportunities for students by engaging in real-world projects. In teams, each member will be responsible for a particular task. •Which digital tools and websites are you considering for collaboration in your unit? The students will research the following websites and use their wikis to promote the outcome. They will use blog to reflect learning experience. [] ; [] ; [] •How will you assess participation of the students in their collaborative groups? (In Module 4, you will create assessment rubrics in which you will include this element.) I will be the facilitator and students will be participants in the tasks that produce the final product such as the safety poster. The students will answer open-ended question, write, revise and discuss paper. I will use authentic learning techniques which will include a checklist and a rubric.