E-Group on Cooperative Learning

Recently a new E-Group on Cooperative Learning was launched simply named CL_List. To join, just send an email to gmjacobs@pacific.net.sg and ask to be added to the group.

For those of you unfamiliar with E-Groups, the ‘E’ stands for electronic. E-Groups work like ListServes or Internet Discussion groups. Members of the group send an email to one address and their message goes to all group members. Uses of E-Groups include:

1. sharing ideas
2. asking for feedback or help
3. spreading news of conferences, special issues of journals, etc.
4. letting others know about new resources.

Some things that E-Groups are not for include:

1. personal communication
2. attacking other people’s character.

One nice feature of E-Groups is the Archives in which past messages are stored. The Archives allow people to remember and find previously shared ideas and information. One recent discussion on the CL_List E-Group centered on the use of Jigsaw.