LESSON 13: COOPERATIVE LEARNING WITH THE COMPUTER

COOPERATIVE LEARNING WITH THE COMPUTER

As the other progressive country the equivalent ratio of IT in Education shows that 2 pupils in 1 computer. It is hardly to achieve 1:1 in every classroom, therefore we can see the reality that even in the government school hardly equip to give the appropriate computer for every classroom. At the classroom the teacher facilitate on how to
divide the students to use the equipment so they can learn. At that situation the cooperative learning is imposed to motivate every learners.

Cooperative or collaborative learning is the learning with the small groups of student that have a common goal and aim. Interdependence is the group member are dependent from each other, Interaction with each other, individual accountability where all the members of the group have a contribution of the activity and also you have the got to be one as a group. To develop an interpersonal skills of the learner.

Cooperative learning and the computer, researchers have made studies on the learning interaction between the student and the computer. Having collaborative learning enhance the ability of the learners to more creative for the works of having the group activity with the use of computer. Researchers agree that the computer is fairly natural learning vehicle for cooperative learning. For these cooperative learning we need to mix the learners in order to share the idea of the learners.

As we studying now the teachers always require us in by group activity so that the activity given is done with good quality. We have an individual activity but we can say that two heads is better than one. We done all activity with the collaboration by each member but there is dis advantages of these, the other member didn't do their part that cause misunderstanding of the group. It is good to have a colleague to do everything but in a manner of socializing not being a leader that you ignore the ideas of other.

Therefore Cooperative learning with computer is the most important of all to achieve a high degree of activity. Every learner have their own idea and can fuse to their group mates in order to enhance their group activity. With the use of computer learners vary their learning and capacity in doing such things that equip by the computer.