Promoting Cooperative Learning for Preservice Teachers Through Information Technology

2011 ◽  
pp. 728-737
Author(s):  
Eugenia M.W. NG
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Traditional Setting

Cooperative learning means students working together to accomplish shared learning goals and to maximize their own and their group members’ achievements (Johnson & Johnson, 1999), and stresses the importance of shared dialogue and inquiry (Littleton & Hakkinen, 1999). The concept of cooperative learning has been around for a long time. Sometimes cooperative and collaborative learning are used interchangeably, but Lehtinen, Hakkarainen, Lipponen, Rahikainen, and Muukkonen (2007) have suggested that cooperative work involves dividing work among the team members, whilst collaborative work means all the team members tackle the problems together in a coordinated effort. In a traditional setting, cooperative learning occurs when there is human interaction, but cooperative learning can transcend cooperation from someone that you know to virtually everyone in the world if they have a Web-connected computer. Does information technology foster or stifle cooperative learning?

scholarly journals Agent-Based Modeling of Collaborative Work

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 60-63
Author(s):  
Semen Gorokhovskyi ◽  
Oleksandra Radziievska
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Character Traits ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Single Person ◽  
Intellectual Level ◽  
Collaborative Skills

In the modern world, it is no longer enough to simply create a product that performs its function, but it should perform it better than thousands of competitors. However, the problem is that human intellectual abilities are limited and many complex tasks are beyond the capabilities of a single person. The natural way of raising our intellectual level is to build teams to share our experience, knowledge, and worldview to create something beyond the capacity of the individual.Thus it is not surprising that according to a recent ranking, collaborative skills are considered most essential in the 21st century [2]. To cope with all challenges and create high-quality products, there should be a team whose members are experts in communication, discussion, problem-solving, and critical thinking. In addition, it is important to manage the team effectively. To do so, it is necessary to know more about the social processes which take place inside a team. Agent-based modeling can be an effective tool to gain such insights.Agent-based modeling is a powerful instrument for simulating different processes, including social ones. This technology was formed under the influence of many other fields such as artificial intelligence, sociology, game theory, and so on.In this article, a model which simulates human interaction in the framework of «Wilderness Survival: A Consensus-Seeking Task» is used to demonstrate the core principle of agent-based modeling. The group of agents complete a test by themselves and afterwards discuss their answers to reach a consensus and achieve the best score.It will be analyzed which human character traits are more important for successful collaborative work. Situations in which some team members are not interested in the team success will be identified. Also, a user interface is provided to enable running custom experiments to better understand how specific character traits impact the team results.

Collaborative Action Research In Academic Administration

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-252
Author(s):  
Bradley C. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Academic Administration ◽  
Leadership Culture ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Action Process

This research involved a study exploring the changes in an academic institution expressed through decision-making in a shifting leadership culture. Prior to the study, the school was heavily entrenched in authoritarian and centralized decision-making, but as upper-level administrators were exposed to the concept of collaborative action research, they began making decisions through a reflection and action process. Changing assumptions and attitudes were observed and recorded through interviews at the end of the research period. The research team engaged in sixteen weekly cycles of reflection and action based on an agenda they mutually agreed to and through an analysis of post-research interviews, weekly planning meetings, discussions, and reflection and action cycles. Findings revealed experiences centering around the issues of:  The nature of collaboration- it created discomfort, it created a sense of teamwork, it created difficulty.  The change of environment in the process- team members began to respect each other more, and the process became more enjoyable.  The freedom and change in the process- freedom to voice opinions and to actively listen, the use of experience to lead elsewhere in the school.  How issues of power are better understood by working together- the former process was less collaborative, politics will always be part of the process. As a result of this study, members have started using this decision-making methodology in other areas of administration.

Promote the Grass-Root Agro-Technique Extension Service and Management with Information Technology

2012 ◽  
Vol 263-266 ◽  
pp. 3298-3300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo Wei Yin ◽  
Wen Sheng Wang ◽  
Zhi Guo Sun
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Direct Service ◽  
Information Platform ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Grass Root ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Small Holders ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
Management Work

Grass-root Agro-technique extension plays an important role to the development of “Three Rural Issues”, modern information technology can promote the work of Agro-technique extension. This paper mainly introduce the things what we have done in order to promote the service and management work of Agro-technique extension. Through the establishment of information platform and distribution information equipments, provide the direct service to agro-technique promoters, agriculture experts and some agro-technique extension managers, achieving better service to the small holders and improving the agro-technique extension management finally. After a long time of hard work, we gain some experience and lessons that will be shared with you.

Genesis, essence and structure of pedagogical technology “Cooperative learning”

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-46
Author(s):  
Nikita I. Khmarenko
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Education System ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
The 1960S

The emergence of pedagogical technologies and their mass introduction dates back to the 1960s. Reformation of the American and European schools was provoked by reinterpretation of the learning goals. However, the historical roots of some pedagogical technologies are much older than studies of J. Carroll and D. Bruner – renowned authorities in this area of research. One of these technologies is cooperative learning. Initially recognized as a key component of humanistic pedagogy of J. Dewey, this technology has been further developed in works of many Soviet and foreign scholars. In the 1920s, the works by J. Dewey had a serious impact on the reformation of the Soviet education system, which aimed to educate the entire population of the Soviet Union. However, for some reasons, the gradual introduction of cooperative learning into learning process took a break in the 1930s. Since the late 1990s, a serious pedagogical crisis has emerged in the Russian Federation, which cannot be mended by traditional education system; it encourages many teachers to look at the well-studied pedagogical technologies from a different perspective. Today the social order sets new requirements concerning a major breakthrough in training a person. Teamwork and analytical thinking skills, the ability to lifelong self-education and self-develop-ment require fundamental changes in the traditional education system. At the same time, for the successful implementation of pedagogical technology, it is necessary to resolve a number of issues related to the essence of the concept of cooperative learning and the definition of components. Research relevance is indicated, the historical roots and essence of the concept of pedagogical technology of cooperative learning are determined, examples of the practical application of models of this pedagogical technology are exemplified.

A Study on the Effectiveness of a Strategy Based on Cooperative Learning for Science Teaching in Class VII

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
Mary Vineetha Thomas ◽  
R.G Kothari
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Science Teaching ◽  
Education System ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Teaching Learning

Education today needs to be responsive to the diverse needs of our learners in order to make them globally competent. Innovative initiatives need to be brought into the present education system in order to meet the growing demands of our society. Our education system does not function in isolation with our society and so, along with academic aspects, the social aspects of learning too, have to be focussed on. This is possible with quality teaching strategies being introduced in our teaching learning process and one such strategy promoting the same is Cooperative Learning. Cooperative learning involves students working together in small groups to accomplish shared goals. It is widely recognized as a teaching strategy that promotes socialization and learning among students from kindergarten through college and across different subjects and science is no exception. Science enables pupils to be involved in group work where they have the opportunity to share ideas and cooperate with each other in collaborative practical activity. What is needed today is a new wave of educated students ready for modern scientific research, teaching and technological development. With students of diverse abilities and differing rates of learning in our classrooms, it is, therefore, essential for the teacher to have the knowledge of how students learn science and how best to teach. The present study was taken up in this context to find out the effectiveness of cooperative learning strategy in science teaching.

scholarly journals The Importance of Data: Developing Smart Asset Management Framework in IoT Era

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Marga Gumelar*
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Inventory System ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Current Asset ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Asset Inventory

Municipal assets become hard problems that lasted a long time. In the fiscal year 2015, from total asset amount of   Rp 2,048.88 trillion, the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia found some problems on the audit of the local government financial report that 1,010 issues were related to asset registration. There were also 48 problems related to unknown assets and potential losses of Rp 289,281.23 million. This paper aims to develop municipal asset management framework by focusing on asset inventory system through the application of information technology. A case study is presented based on the findings of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia. The result is a practical asset inventory system framework   to   improve   current   asset   inventory  performance.   The   use   of information technology can support the improvement of municipal asset management. But the tools are not enough without collaboration with employees. Since some regions in Indonesia inadequately have information technology infrastructure facilities, such as internet access and electricity network, this framework has obvious limitation.

scholarly journals Information literacy and informed learning: conceptual innovations for IL research and practice futures.

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Susan Bruce ◽  
Andrew Demasson ◽  
Hilary Hughes ◽  
Mandy Lupton ◽  
Elham Sayyad Abdi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Experience Design ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Working Together ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Learning Team

Our paper draws together conceptual innovations emerging from the work of a group of researchers focussed on the relational approach to information literacy, more recently labelled ‘informed learning’. Team members have been working together in various configurations for periods ranging from seven to seventeen years. Our collaborative approach continues to yield new concepts and constructs which we believe to be of value to ongoing research and practice. Some of the ideas discussed have been previouly published, while others are being put forward for the first time. All are significant in that they together form new constructs that have emerged from a focus on the relational approach to information literacy. In this paper, Christine Bruce introduces the background to this work and the contributing researchers. Then the individual authors present the key directions which they have developed and are leading, typically working with one or more of the wider network. The key ideas presented are: The expressive window for information literacy (Mandy Lupton); information experience design (Elham Sayyad Abdi); cross-contextuality and experienced identity (Andrew Demasson); informed learning design (Clarence Maybee); spaces for inclusive informed learning (Hilary Hughes); and informed systems (Mary Somerville and Anita Mirjamdotter).  In each piece, authors reflect on what the idea is about, where it came from and what it might mean for research and practice. 

Information technology capabilities and organizational agility

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Cepeda ◽  
José Arias-Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Organizational Agility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Ability ◽  
External Embeddedness

Purpose Currently, it is commonly accepted that information technology capabilities (ITC) positively influence organizational agility. Nevertheless, studies have recently started to demonstrate that different organizational factors mediate this relation under the controvertible assumption that companies are capable of responding quickly to market changes using their IT in combination with other internal resources. Therefore, companies have given very little attention to collaborative work with external partners. The purpose of this study is to analyze the mediating effects of the acquisition and exploitation capabilities of open innovation on the information technology capabilities – organizational agility relationship. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed model with survey data from a multinational corporation that operates in South American emerging economies in the pension and savings businesses. Findings This study found that only the open innovation capability of exploitation has a partial mediating effect. This means that this organizational ability serves as a bridge so that IT capabilities can have a positive incidence on organizational agility. Originality/value This paper adopts a more novel study focus that emphasizes the importance of collaborative work and of the use of external resources that are implicit in open innovation capability. On the other hand, this organizational ability implies external embeddedness, which is usually approached mainly from the network theory in the international business literature; however, this study offers a more interesting study focus in which externally oriented organizational abilities such as open innovation are more important for external embeddedness than are the size and quality of the external network.

Nursing in Integrative Medicine and Nurses’ Engagement in Caring-Healing

2012 ◽  
pp. 235-239
Author(s):  
Chiyoko Inomata ◽  
Shin’ichi Nitta
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽  
Integrative Medicine ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Healing Environment ◽  
Therapy Sessions

In 2008, the authors’ team started an ongoing project to administer music therapy sessions for patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Studies were made conducted from the “caring” perspective to evaluate the effects of music therapy on the mental health of the patients (Inomata, 2008a, Inomata 2008b) and on the role of nurses in integrative medicine (Inomata, 2008c). On the basis of the findings from these studies, music therapy programs were designed and conducted to meet the different needs of various neurodegenerative diseases. This project was the first ever reported music therapy initiative undertaken as a multi-disciplinary collaborative work and in partnership with a patients’ group (Saji, 2010). The findings from four years of running the project are summarized as follows: (1) Music therapy helped maintain/improve the QOL(Quality of Life) level of neurodegenerative disease patients, which would otherwise deteriorate with the progress of symptoms; (2) There was an improvement in the patients’ psychological and spiritual health as exemplified by the expansion of consciousness and rebuilding of relationships; (3) The project increased the feeling of partnership among the multi-disciplinary team members; (4) Care providers shared values such as self-belief and respect for both the self and others; (5) Caring for patients’ emotional side by being compassionate and staying with them and/or listening to them resulted in a stronger care provider-patient bond; (6) Nurses were engaged in the building a healing environment as “healers,” and the patients found more hope in everyday life.

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