Collaboration and Community Constituents: An investigation in...
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Saved by 8 people (0 private), first by anonymouse user on 2008-04-06
- Anitsirk on 2008-08-23 - Tags collaboration , cooperation , article
- Alexiskrysten on 2008-07-15 - Tags collective-intelligence , article
- Concetta on 2008-05-13 - Tags community
- Qienkuen on 2008-04-13 - Tags learning , Social , Community , Collaboration
- Lizbdavis on 2008-04-06 - Tags collective-intelligence , article
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"Learning is fundamentally social. Learning is really a matter of
changing identity, not just acquiring knowledge. That knowledge is
integrated in the life of communities. When people develop and share
values, perspectives, and ways of doing things, they create a
"community of practice." The challenge to all of us in education, on
behalf of students and organizations, is to create, negotiate,
nurture, and sustain the communities of practice in which effective
learning takes place
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They see the broad difference between the two as being the amount
of self-determination or self-direction; with cooperative learning
being very much teacher-controlled and collaborative learning being
learner-controlled.
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However, experientially I believe that what distinguishes
collaboration from cooperation comes down to exactly what is shared.
When cooperating, it is only physical resources (objects, time,
money) or intellectual resources (knowledge, expertise) that are
shared. Whereas when collaborating, in addition to these shared
physical and intellectual resources, are shared goals,
responsibilities, values, beliefs and attitudes. Some of these
intellectual resources (both cognitive and affective) may become
shared through the practice of cooperation but with collaboration
they are factored in from the start. From this collaborative sharing
comes synergy which adds value by producing something
new and unique.
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For virtual communities the key is 'connection'.
Highlighted by lizbdavis
For virtual communities the key is 'connection'.
Highlighted by alexiskrysten
technology can be a significant force in connecting the disconnected
and perhaps help in easing some of these tensions by bringing like
minded people into a shared space to achieve a set of goals leading
to a better quality of life
Highlighted by lizbdavis
technology can be a significant force in connecting the disconnected
and perhaps help in easing some of these tensions by bringing like
minded people into a shared space to achieve a set of goals leading
to a better quality of life
Highlighted by alexiskrysten
There is another important area that needs to be addressed with
collaborative learning software which is related to communication;
namely knowledge construction. It has been noted by researches that
threaded discourse, of the type found in Lotus Notes and the majority
Web-based conferencing software, actually works against convergent
thinking processes over time (Hiltz, 1986; Harassim, 1990; Eastmond,
1994). It is found that this can have "a negative effect both on the
learner's efforts to synthesize ideas, and on collaborative processes
which become increasingly fragmented as discussion threads and
individual interests diverge." (Hewitt, 1997).
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