This module helps educators design learning activities for learners to develop collaboration skills. It introduces the levels of collaboration: sharing responsibility, making substantive decisions together, and working interdependently.

Introduction

This module explores the broader meaning of collaboration and educators’ understanding of it. In today's workplace young people are expected to collaborate. This module helps educators design learning activities that will help learners to develop collaboration skills. It also introduces the levels of collaboration which are: learners working in groups or pairs, sharing responsibility, making substantive decisions together, and working interdependently.

Learning objectives

• Determine why collaboration is important
• Define collaboration
• Understand the 21CLD collaboration rubric and decision tree
• Identify Microsoft tools that enhance learners’ collaboration
• Design learning activities that focus on collaboration