How to support collaboration among students participatingin an online course?
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I. Koni [1]
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[1] Tartu University
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- Localización: Ikaskuntza-irakaskuntza akademikoaren eremu berriak arakatzen / Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (aut.), 2019, ISBN 978-84-1319-033-4, págs. 954-957
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The collaboration skill is considered as one of the 21st-century learning skills (Framework for21st Century Learning, 2007), and it is, also, an essential study skill (e.g. Cottrell, 2013). In recent years,the number of online courses has been increased, and these courses challenge collaboration betweenparticipants who are not familiar with each other but work together towards the same learning goals.This action research is about redesigning the online study skills course to improve collaboration amonghigh school students participating in the course. Therefore, the aim was to find out student opinionsabout what developed in their collaboration as a study skill within the assignment and their suggestionson how to enhance the collaboration within the assignment.This action research involves 43 high school students participating in an online course on studyskills in 2018. The data was gathered via feedback questionnaire and was analyzed using qualitativecontent analysis. The results show that within the scope of the assignment, the participants had theopportunity to develop their leadership, communication, and compromising skills. To improve thecollaboration, the participants suggested that the moderator should make random groups and thepersonal data for contacting each other should be provided.
