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COOPERATIVE 2.0: USING MULTIMEDIA AS A
LEARNING TOOL IN A COOPERATIVE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT.
Presented by: Kwok Wai Jing14th November 2011
Kwok Wai Jing, Dr.Neo Tse Kian, Dr.Neo Mai and Dr.Chang Yoong Choon
Multimedia University, Malaysia
Introduction
• The trend in education for the past decade has been transformed into a more student-centred environment.
• With the use of the web 2.0 tools, the traditional lectures have now begin to shift becoming more web-based multimedia oriented for the students to learn (Owston, 1997).
Introduction
• Research has found out that students who actively participated in project-based learning enhance their capability of exploration and show improvement in their thinking skills (Krajcik et al., 1998).
• The term “cooperative learning” has been implemented back in the 1970s where great amount of research and practical work has proved on how best to implement peer power for the benefits of learning. (Jacobs and Hannah, 2004)
Introduction
• This study focuses on students in a university course who were required to cooperate with each other in small groups in order to develop a multimedia application while using web-logs to share their knowledge and interact with their peers, forming a learning community in the classroom.
Cooperative Learning in education
Cooperative Learning in education
Five elements of Cooperative Learning (Adapted and constructed based on Johnson et al., 1998)
The advent of Web 2.0 in education learning context
• Web 2.0 creates an interactive learning environment that can enhance the communication between the users (Goh, Quek, & Lee, 2010).
• Blogs are considered to be learning tools that encourages autonomous, deep and reflective strategies (Fiedler, 2003) and it is ideal to be used in the constructivist learning environment.
The study
Target - Second year course entitled Digital Media (Faculty of Management), (n=40)
Duration - 14 weeks course
Age range- 19-25 years old
Grouping - 5 to 6 person per group
Instrument - Surveys and Questionnaires
ACTIVITIES
Forming cooperative teams
Initial Proposal
Teacher facilitation
Developing cooperative plan
Multimedia Authoring Process (MAP)
Presentation & Submission of completed website
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Student’s final output
Student’s final output
Findings – Cooperative Learning SurveyItem Survey Mean (M) Std Dev %p
Cooperative Learning Positive Interdependence
1 We assisted each other while solving problems during the multimedia project 3.85 0.662 75.0
2 I managed to resolve conflicts in a positive manner 3.60 0.744 65.03 I managed to depend on my members as they depend on me 3.65 0.622 62.5 Individual Accountability 4 I made positive contributions to the group 4.08 0.656 82.55 I managed to contribute my knowledge to the team 3.93 0.616 77.5 Promotive Interaction 6 Interaction among group members helped me obtain a deeper
understanding of the subject3.93 0.474 90.0
7 The interaction with my peers help improved my performance 3.98 0.733 77.5 Interpersonal Skills 8 I had the opportunity to communicate with my group members 3.88 0.723 72.59 I was able to share my ideas, personality, workload, and so on with the rest
of my group members3.78 0.660 70.0
10 Through working cooperatively in a group help improved my communication skills
3.80 0.648 77.5
Group Processing 11 I was able to learn through my mistake and tolerant with my group members 3.83 0.594 77.5
12 Working in group help enhanced cooperation among the group members 3.88 0.723 77.5
N= 40. Reliability Analysis (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.874)
Findings – Blog SurveyUse of Blogs
13 I was able to reflect my understanding of my assignments through reading my group entries in the blogs.
3.60 0.778 55.0
14 I was able to gain better insight on the assignment by looking at other students work.
3.68 0.694 65.0
15 Having written entries in my blogs helped me 3.50 0.716 52.516 The comments on my work were helpful to improve my learning
process.3.63 0.774 60.0
17 The comments by the teacher were helpful. 3.68 0.730 62.518 I was able to comment on my course mates' work. 3.40 0.672 50.019 I enjoyed people commenting on our work and giving us advice. 3.75 0.670 72.520 I was motivated in doing my project because I could show them
on the blog.3.65 0.736 55.0
21 I was engaged in blogging my project activities. 3.55 0.639 52.522 I was comfortable using blogs in my class. 3.40 0.709 52.523 Blogs helped me learn to outside the classroom and in an informal
manner.3.55 0.749 55.0
24 Overall, using blogs in my learning was a good experience. 3.55 0.677 55.0N= 40. Reliability Analysis (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.831)
Conclusion
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Contact
Name Contact information
Joyce Kwok Wai Jing [email protected]
Assoc. Prof. Dr.Neo Tse Kian [email protected]
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Neo Mai [email protected]
Dr. Chang Yoong Choon [email protected]
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