How do we collaborate successfully when learning online?

With thanks and acknowledgement to the Acando presentation in OpenEd 2.0 Module 1

Thoughts by Lesley Boyd

• One way to categorise is based on the tools themselves

• Another way to categorise is based on what they do for us?

What is Web 2.0 anyway?Read-write instead of read only

Re-usable, remixableSimple and social

........so email, static websites - even discussion forums - are only one way

When you have read-write, you have collective intelligence! Although, I believe you can achieve much collective intelligence from

discussion forums.........

We collaborate when we go beyond one way communication, beyond one way interaction, and work together on a goal.

Collaboration always has a specific purpose.

Collaboration means all coming together to drive a consensus. Each person has a contribution to make and a perspective to contribute. In a collaborative culture,

we’re not scared of making mistakes. We give it a go on a trial and error basis and figure it out together.

These are some advantages of good collaborative tools

It takes time to move from Me 1.0 to Me 2.0 !!!There is a lot of learning and experimenting involved.

Challenges for collaborative learning using Web 2.0?

I believe that the challenges listed above for enterprises and businesses are pretty much the same when trying to encourage

collaboration in online learning.