Collaborative Learning Week 3
June 9, 2008 1:56 pm reflectionsGroup work develops soft team skills in an online environment.
Online just as offline teams go through the group dynamics:
the beginning is orientation and defining of roles and responsibilities. In online collaboration groups are also slowed in the beginning by learning the technology, but once it is done, they go ahead and synchronize their efforts towards common learning goals.
Synchronous communication through chat makes it possible for groups to discuss issues and clarify their common goals.
Wiki becomes ever more popular for collaborative learning online.
Teams develop their own rituals to strengthen identity, culture and motivations, they allocate tasks and create evaluation criteria.
Collaborative learning
Communities of practice
Groupware and collaboration tools