Code: 3.3
Collaborative learning
To use digital technologies to foster and enhance learner collaboration. To enable learners to use digital technologies as part of collaborative assignments, as a means of enhancing communication, collaboration and collaborative knowledge creation.
Descriptors
A1 · Newcomer
What you can do at this level
I do not or only very rarely consider how students could use digital technologies in collaborative activities or assignments.
What you learn at this level
Making little use of digital technologies in collaborative learning activities.
A2 · Explorer
What you can do at this level
When implementing collaborative activities or projects, I encourage learners to use digital technologies to support their work, e.g. for internet search or to present their results.
What you learn at this level
Encouraging learners to use digital technologies in their collaborative activities.
B1 · Integrator
What you can do at this level
I design and implement collaborative activities, in which digital technologies are used by learners for their collaborative knowledge generation, e.g. for sourcing and exchanging information. I require learners to document their collaborative efforts using digital technologies, e.g. digital presentations, videos, blog posts.
What you learn at this level
Implementing digital technologies into the design of collaborative activities.
B2 · Expert
What you can do at this level
I set up collaborative activities in a digital environment, e.g. blogs, wikis, moodle, virtual learning environments. I monitor and guide learners’ collaborative interaction in digital environments. I use digital technologies to enable learners to share insights with others and receive peer-feedback, also on individual assignments.
What you learn at this level
Using digital environments to support collaborative learning.
C1 · Leader
What you can do at this level
I design and manage diverse collaborative learning activities, where learners use a variety of technologies to collaboratively conduct research, document findings and reflect on their learning, both in physical and in virtual learning environments. I use digital technologies for peer-assessment and as a support for collaborative self-regulation and peer-learning.
What you learn at this level
Using digital environments for learners’ collaborative knowledge generation and peer assessment.
C2 · Pioneer
What you can do at this level
I use digital technologies to invent new formats for collaborative learning.
What you learn at this level
Using digital technologies to innovate learner collaboration.