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of Page Request Info Visit Campus Apply Now Give Today Menu Search the WCU website Main Search Search WCU Academics Admissions Student Life Athletics Arts Faculty/Staff Alumni Give WCU HomeCollaborative On-Line Research and Learning Collaborative On-Line Research and Learning Home Contact Collaborative On-Line Research and Learning Collaborative On-Line Research and Learning Thomas Treadwell Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania ttreadwell@wcupa.edu Evan Leach Department of Management West Chester University of Pennsylvania Eleach64@aol.com Donna Ascraft Department of Psychology Clarion University Clarion, PA ashcraft@clarion.edu Home Collaborative Resources Teams Scales Administration About CORAL Presentations & Publications Grants Coral Technology Coral Web Tool Guidelines Collaborative Resources Assignment Guidelines Course Outline Resources Project Guidelines APA Style Guide Weekly Schedule Teams Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6 Team 7 Scales Weekly Scales Pre-Post Tests Peer Evaluation Form Faculty FAQ Consent Form Video Conference Form CORAL is a multidisciplinary model for the integration of technology with collaborative teaching and learning ( e.g., Ashcraft & Treadwell, 2008, Chamberlin, 2000; Treadwell, 1999; Treadwell, Leach, Kellar, Lewis & Mittan, 1998 ). Over the past decade, technology has moved out of the computer lab, into the classroom and in the Cloud as a basic fundamental tool for fostering student creativity and project-based collaborative learning. The CORAL platform is an effort to rethink the role of the professor in the 21st century classroom pursuing ‘project based’ collaborative learning in a way that gives students more ownership in the process and mirroring the complexities found in modern complex organizations. In brief, this is an active problem-centered approach to collaborative teaching, research, and learning, fusing the two related approaches (Deal, 2009). Currently, faculty members from the Departments of Psychology (College of the Sciences and Mathematics) and Management (College of Business and Public Management) at West Chester University of Pennsylvania have implemented the CORAL platform to focus on the management and evaluation of high performance teams. An emphasis is placed on the facilitation of intra-team collaboration and identification of the managerial practices that lead to synergy and enhanced team performance. The CORAL pedagogy fosters the development of skills in using computer and video-technology as tools to enhance effective collaboration in college courses. The CORAL model cultivates four major objectives: Integrates several different teaching and learning styles, thereby providing a more inclusive learning format. Structured by the professors, but led by the students fostering independent thinking and active learning, Promoting interdependence by having students share the division of labor by formulating roles and tasks that compel students to reach consensus. Fosters the distinction between Collaborative and Cooperative learning as an indispensable preliminary step when designing an operational collaborative learning and workplace environment ! Within this framework students are encouraged to seek outside opinions without fear of being criticized. Announcements Thomas Treadwell Ed.D. TEP, CGP Integrating CBT with Experiential Theory & Practice Link to publishof page. Go to the WCU facebook page Go to the WCU X page Go to the WCU youtube page Go to the WCU instagram page West Chester University 700 South High Street West Chester, PA 19383 610-436-1000 Campus Map WCU Alert Text Messaging WCU Weather Emergency Services Facilities News & Reports Right to Know Requests HEA Student Consumer Fraud, Waste, & Abuse PA Whistleblower Law Non-Discrimination Statement West Chester University 700 South High Street West Chester, PA 19383 610-436-1000 © West Chester University Last Updated: Close Health Notices Academics Admissions Student Life Athletics Arts Faculty/Staff Alumni Departments Request Info Visit Campus Apply Now Give Today Presidential Search WEBMAIL myWCU RamPortal D2L Last Updated...