Attend "Online Workshop on Using Cooperative Learning in Higher Education Classes" on June 9

• Date: Friday, June 9
• Time: 10:30 am-noon
• Location: Zoom (register today)
• Presenters: Tutaleni Asino, Oklahoma State University; Roxanne Bailey, University of Johannesburg; Lloyd Rieber, Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology; Xigui Yang, University of Georgia

In this workshop, we will share practices on how cooperative learning (and other related active learning strategies such as Q pedagogy) can be implemented in higher education classes. Building on these experiences, participants in the workshop will have an opportunity to reflect on their own classroom practices and conceptualize how they can implement these strategies in the future. Participants are thus encouraged to have a lesson or two ready which can be revised to include cooperative learning and/or other active learning strategies. Through active engagement with other participants and the presenters, our goal is that everyone who attends this workshop will leave with some food for thought and possibly a set plan on how they can implement cooperative learning in their own classes.

This is a free workshop. The workshop’s Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants the day prior to the workshop.

Presenter biographies

• Tutaleni Asino is an associate professor of learning, design, and technology and director of the Emerging Technology and Creativity Research Lab at Oklahoma State University. His comparative international research agenda includes: mLearning, Indigenous knowledge, diffusion of innovations, open education, and how culture, agency, and representation manifest and interplay in development and evaluation of learning technologies across learning contexts.
• Roxanne Bailey is a senior lecturer at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. As a Y2-rated researcher, Bailey’s main research focus is the promotion of self-directed learning through the implementation of cooperative learning and blended learning especially in the fields of computer science education. She has received several research grants for her research and is currently involved in three research projects aimed at investigating technology-supported cooperative learning in computer science education modules. Apart from her research focus being implemented mostly in computer science education modules, Bailey has investigated strategies for supporting novice programmers at secondary and tertiary levels.
• Lloyd Rieber is a professor of learning, design, and technology and head of the Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology in the Mary Frances Early College of Education. His research career of over 40 years has focused on design topics such as microworlds, simulations, games, accessibility, online learning, MOOCs, and most recently, Q pedagogy.
• Xigui Yang recently received her Ph.D. in learning, design, and technology from the University of Georgia. Her research interests include collaborative learning, design thinking in education, user experience design, and instructional uses of Q methodology.