Collaborative Learning: an Asian Case Study

This paper evaluates the role of collaborative learning in an Asian educational institution. The paper begins with a description of the current education landscape, particularly on learners of today which exhibit 21 century learning skills. The concept of collaborative learning is next described with an emphasis on Johnson and Johnson five key elements of collaborative learning. A research study is being conducted of which questionnaires were sent to students in an Asian educational institution of which twenty eight responded. The findings showed that 78% of the respondents were satisfied with the use of collaborative learning. Conducting collaborative learning do face learning challengers were identified and corresponding strategies to overcome those challengers were discussed at the end of this paper.