A review of Lin et al.'s pilot study exploring the effects of an interprofessional, problem-based learning clinical ethics curriculum on Taiwanese medical and nursing students' attitudes towards interprofessional collaboration highlights the benefits of interprofessional collaboration and offers insight into how problem-based learning might be universally applied in ethics education. Interprofe...

In this paper, we present a first attempt to integrate Collaboration Engineering with Lean Six Sigma principles applied to Project-based Learning. On the one hand, collaboration is a social and interactive process, where participants join efforts toward a shared common goal. On the other hand, Lean Six Sigma is a unique methodology integrating a shared language, statistical measuring and effect...

This article discusses a telecollaborative activity that combines many strategies of interest in teacher education (i.e., case-based learning, online discussion, cross-university collaboration, and synchronous/asynchronous learning) to create a unique collaborative online learning environment for 36 social studies education students. Findings suggest that this activity fostered the development ...

Cooperation and learning are two ways in which an agent can improve its performance. Cooperative Multiagent Learning is a framework to analyze the tradeoff between cooperation and learning in multiagent systems. We focus on multiagent systems where individual agents are capable of solving problems and learning using CBR (Case-based Reasoning). We present several collaboration strategies for age...

Current e-Learning is based on learning management systems that provide certain standard services course authoring and delivery, tutoring, administration and collaboration facilities. Rapid development of mobile technologies opens a new area of m-Learning to enhance the current educational opportunities. Field trips are a relevant part of the curriculum, but for various reasons it is often diff...

Learning in collaboration has numerous advantages. However, sometimes situations arise that may damage collaboration. This is the case for instance when there are passive students in a group. New technology may be used to detect and avoid some of the situations that hamper efficient learning in a group. This paper describes the model of a simulated student in charge of controlling and fostering...

With an increased emphasis on inquiry in science education nationwide, we examined trends in the ways science teachers organized students into groups to implement one prominent one Web-based science inquiry program, Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE). Our study focused on survey and case study data that SRI International collected as part of its ongoing evaluati...