The Oxford University Press ELT team has published an article on Collaborative Learning Online And In The Socially Distanced Classroom.
They have shared 4 ways to conduct collaborative language learning in cyberspace.
The OUP team defines collaborative learning as “One of the most satisfying experiences that I have as an instructor is when I have my class make pairs or groups and then, after a few moments, I hear lively chatter. Moving around the classroom, I hear students using the vocabulary and structures that we studied in class. Yet they are doing more than just reciting what they learned in this lesson; they are combining the learning goals of the lesson with the language that they already know in a personalized and creative manner. A casual observer might think that this was break-time or an opportunity for the class to relax. But while I hope they are having fun, I know that they are actually hard at work. This is the culminating activity that we have worked towards together as a class. It is collaborative learning in action”.
Collaborative Learning Online And In The Socially Distanced Classroom