Investigating Online Collaborative Learning on Students' Learning Outcomes in Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnie W. M. Lam ◽  
Haoran Xie ◽  
Dennis Y. W. Liu ◽  
Kevin W. H. Yung
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Online Collaborative Learning

scholarly journals Can Online Collaborative Works Offer a Solution to the Over Crowded Classes in Egyptian Universities?

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-67
Author(s):  
Nashwa Ismail ◽  
Gary Kinchin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Online Collaborative Learning ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Study Context

This study investigates tutors’ perception towards students’ group work when they learn online as a proposed solution for overcrowded classes. The study context is the Egyptian Higher Education (HE) system and the research participants were 20 HE tutors who either teach in a blended learning environment or virtual classroom. This research adopted a phenomenological qualitative approach and data were collected through focus groups and one-to-one interviews. The study concluded that online collaborative learning offers opportunities for studying outside the standard brick-and-mortar classroom and potentially overcoming the problem of overcrowded classes. Although such option has certain advantages, it also presents its own challenges. Tutors acknowledged the benefits of online collaborative learning; however, the tutors also raised some cultural and pedagogical concerns they deemed as hindrances to the learning effectiveness as a whole. Recommendations concerning the effective implementation of online collaborative learning are given.

Collaborative Learning for Sustainable Tourism Development

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Heape ◽  
Janne Liburd
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Economic Phenomenon

Tourism is a global social and economic phenomenon, which calls for a holistic approach to tourism higher education, where the broader aims of the industry and society are explicitly addressed. The indispensable complexity of the tourism phenomenon demands professionals with a far-reaching and integrated understanding of the multiple disciplines and paradigms that are concerned with sustainable tourism development and adaptive management. Rather than resting on predefined learning outcomes, where students simply acquire knowledge about sustainable tourism development, this chapter unfolds the processes of how complex and critical understandings of sustainable tourism development are collaboratively designed with students, tutors and teachers.

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