LB#13: Cooperative Learning with the Computer.

Defining cooperative learning: Cooperative or collaborative learning is learning by small groups of students who work together in a common learning task. It is often also called group learning but to be truly cooperative learning, 5 elements are needed: 1) a common goal, 2)interdependence, 3) interaction, 4) individual accountability, 5) social skills.
Researchers have made studies on the learning interaction between the student and the computer. The studies have great value since it has been a long standing fear that the computer may foster student learning in isolation that hinders the development of the student's social skills.
Researchers agree that the computer is a fairly natural learning vehicle for cooperative ( at times called promotive) learning.