My wife asked me: what is the difference between cooperative and
collaborative learning? Although I felt there was a difference,
and that the difference had something to do with coordination
and who controls that, I could not make that explicit. So, I
found this wonderful paper by Ted Panitz, and here it is:
Collaboration is a philosophy of interaction and personal
lifestyle where individuals are responsible for their actions,
including learning and respect the abilities and contributions
of their peers; Cooperation is a structure of interaction
designed to facilitate the accomplishment of a specific end
product or goal through people working together in groups. In
the cooperative model the teacher maintains complete control of
the class, even though the students work in groups to accomplish
a goal of a course. The cooperative teacher asks a specific
question such as, “What were the five causes of the start of
World War II?” The teacher provides additional articles for the
students to read and analyze, beyond