Teaching-Learning Center: Collaborative Learning

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

Active and Cooperative Learning

With funding from a grant from the Carl D. Perkins Foundation, the Teaching-Learning Center sponsored this workshop by Dr. Richard Felder of North Carolina State University on April 26, 2002. The workshop focused on Active learning, “activities that engage students in doing something besides listening to a lecture and taking notes to help them learn and apply course material,” and Cooperative learning, or “involving students in interacting with one another under conditions that require positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction, appropriate use of interpersonal skills, and regular self-assessment of group functioning.”

Drs. Felder offered a variety of active and cooperative learning ideas and guidelines, as well a comprehensive list of references on cooperative learning.