I believe that humans have an instinct to interact with one another and work as a group. For example, humans hold discussions all the time rather that is in the classroom, water cooler at work, in a social setting, etc. The abilities of Wikipedia allows volunteers to contribute to history by authoring material that is available worldwide in hundreds of languages (Rheingold, 2005). Anyone can contribute to Wikipedia by editing the information that is available and/or creating personal wiki pages through open source production. Technology can facilitate collaboration among learners based on constructive principles by the amount of information that is available through technology through various sources, a good source for problem based learning,and technology allows the learner to come to their own conclusions.
http://books.google.com/books?id=1L9q4LUvmiAC&dq=collaboration+tools+in+education&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Reference
Rheingold, H. (2008, February). Howard Rheingold on collaboration [Video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.ted.com/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration.html.
http://www.ted.com/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration.html.
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms.
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=1L9q4LUvmiAC&oi=fnd&pg=PR1&dq=collaboration+tools+in+education&ots=Q3XfFkJUdr&sig=KYQXFR4Wnsy7lCC8PtarQmuG9Hc#v=onepage&q=collaboration%20tools%20in%20education&f=false
Janel, thanks for that awaken about Wikipedia.
ReplyDeleteWikipedia has everything and anyone can be listed. It provides this coastal relationship among collaboration. However, our technical school requires that students use other sources.
Yes, because Wikipedia is a collaboration of thoughts, it is not viewed as a relevant source for research. It does demonstrate the way technology can facilitate a massive group initiative, though.
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