Collaborative and cooperative learning is the learning of the future. While we a lack of it in K-12, it must be brought to the forefront of higher education. Challenging discussion boards for example. I have a political science/history discussion board that revolves around the Housing crisis of 2008 and askes the student to evaluate two groups, Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party, to show their similarities and differences. How they reflect into American political concepts like Progressivism, Equality, Pursuit of Happiness or the Preamble.
