Teaching-Learning Center: Collaborative Learning

A site made possible by a 2001 - 2002 grant from the Carl D. Perkins Foundation

Group Work and Active, Collaborative, and
Cooperative Learning

Research proves that students absorb and retain more information in a classroom setting when they actively participate in the learning process. Active, collaborative, and cooperative learning techniques engage students in course material and allow them to teach and learn from one another in addition to working with the course instructor. The Teaching-Learning Center, with support from a grant from the Carl D. Perkins Foundation, sponsored presentations by area experts on Active Learning and Group Work during the 2001-2002 academic year. Durham Tech faculty also contributed their research and ideas in articles in the TLC’s journal, "Learning Matters."

Presentation: “Employability Skills: Writing, Speaking, Collaborating, and Teamwork”
Presentation: “Active and Cooperative Learning”
Selected Articles from "Learning Matters":
- Global Stakes: The Challenge of Preparing North Carolina’s Workforce for the 21st Century by Phail Wynn, Jr.
- Collaborative Testing: One Instructor’s Experience by Peter Wooldridge
- The Collaborative Project: Real Writing Across the Curriculum by Thomas Gould
- The Use of Games as an Instructional Method by Gregory McLeod