EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE COOPERATIVE LEARNING TOOLS AT HIGHER SCHOOLS

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This article describes how the Internet has been used as an instrument for the implementation of the online environment in cooperative learning, to encourage the effective learning among students towards the "Occupational health and safety management in the production process" at Silesian College of Economics and Administration in Bytom - Poland. Interactions that occurred among students and between students and teachers illustrate how cooperative learning , aimed to solve the problem, can be supported by using the tool, which is Pbworks. The content of the course focuses on learning based on the use of technology, thus enabling students to enter into authentic learning environment. For the purpose of the article , qualitative and quantitative researches were used, conducted among students, which show from their perspective the benefits of creating an effective learning environment with the use of cooperative online tools Pbworks.