How do you encourage students to work collaborativly?

• Make sure the activity is fun and engaging so that students want to do the work to begin with

• Allow the students to actively socialise with one another so that they become more comfortable. Helping students to set up their on page such as Myspace or Facebook and then creating a network for them to link together is one such way.

• Students will work much better together is they have a firm understanding of the task at hand. If this is not understood, the group does not work as effectively.

• Help students create a wiki, such as pbwiki, so that when they work on assignments, they can post their information on the wiki and thus learn from one another.
• The same applies for del.icio.us. If students have access to one another’s links for assignments or class work, then they often work together to find the best ones.