A Collaboration Case for Learning Empowerment

This research presents an alternative approach for assisting undergraduates to discover their learning strengths and to empower their learning abilities in a collaborative environment. Applying human performance technology (HPT), a tool to estimate human capital by defining the product of time and opportunity in performance, measures 37 undergraduates´ competences for learning different software design techniques, especially when assigned to groups. The results indicate that HPT is effective for diagnosing undergraduates´ potentials in a group design project context. In addition, it was suggested that the undergraduates should gain empowerment for identifying proper instructional learning needs and working productively in collaborative groups.