Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty Paperback - 2014

From the rear cover

An updated edition of the bestselling guide to thirty-five creative assignments for pairs and groups

Now in its second edition, the bestselling Collaborative Learning Techniques reflects the changed world of higher education and offers college and university faculty a definitive guide for making the most of small group learning. In this new edition, the authors include ideas for using games in technologically-sophisticated curricula, information on effective online implementation for each of the book's thirty-five techniques, as well as illustrative examples for adopting collaborative learning techniques in a variety of learning environments, including large lecture classes and "flipped" classes. The authors guide instructors through all aspects of group work and provide a solid grounding in what to do, how to do it, and why it is important for student learning.

"Using group work to promote learning depends on well-designed group activities. I'd give the collection offered in this book an A+."
--Maryellen Weimer, editor, The Teaching Professor newsletter

"So you have flipped your classroom, or decided to make your lectures more interactive, now what? CoLTs provides the answer with 35 specific, research-proven, and clearly described ways to promote positive interdependence, individual accountability, and teamwork skills."
--Jos Antonio Bowen, author of Teaching Naked and president of Goucher College