Learning through collaboration embraces mainly discussion, practice, and production. Building on investigations and acquisition it is about taking part in the process of knowledge building itself

Conventional methods you may already use and be familiar with:

Small group project
Discussing others’ outputs
Building joint output

Online (indicate whether an activity is synchronous or asynchronous)

Below are the tools you can use which are already built into Canvas or integrated

Assignments as peer review
Collaboration documents
Discussions set as a group task
Setting up groups for collaboration work (this is like a mini module)
Conferences - Big Blue Button
Directly linking to a Teams meeting form your session page

Below is a list of tools you can use that sit outside of Canvas but you can weave into your learning content

Teams - student created
PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
WhatsApp
Twitter
Trello
OneDrive
SharePoint
OneNote

Ideas for Activities:

Small group projects using online forums, wikis, chat rooms, etc. for discussing others’ outputs
Building a joint digital output
Develop a shared resource library (database/glossary/wiki)
Social networking –participate
Special interest groups -share on a topic
Mentor other learners

You can use this template to guide you in planning which learning type and tools you choose to use.

Share with your Peers

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Online (indicate whether an activity is synchronous or asynchronous)

Acquisition

Collaboration

Discussion

Inquiry

Practice

Production