Activity 9: Learning and Collaboration online

Collaboration tools are invaluable in a connected classroom. If learning really is a social process, then collaboration is a must. The assistance that learners require may be provided by experts such as teachers and by peers, who collectively have expertise distributed among them.

By collaborating using the various tools such as Skype, Google docs, and drop box, etc, students can develop their potential for learning. They can learn to approach and solve new problems so that they develop problem solving skills that do not exist at the moment of learning. Rather than simply absorbing material, learning rules, and displaying the material and rules on demand, students learn to develop competencies that they first experience in collaborative learning environments.