Collaborative online technologies
So what are collaborative online technologies?
collaborative: systems and software that enable group participation in a problem or process. Collaboration systems supply methods for group definition, common technology, interaction and followup, and present a common situation view to all participants while enabling faster problem resolution. [1]
online: describes devices under the control of a CPU (eg a printer being run by a mainframe).
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online: term for a computer or node that is connected to a network.
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online : the term used to describe teaching, learning and administrative activities undertaken by computer through the Internet. [4]
technologies: equipment used to help create, present, explain, document, view, interpret, analyse, or learn about visual arts works, including tools (eg, chisels, palette knives), materials (eg, paper, fabric, clay, ink), and film and electronic media (eg, video, computers).
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internet: the globally interconnected collection of IP protocol based networks.
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So what are collaborative online technologies?
Hardware and software allowing group participation in a problem or process via the Internet.
The technologies available are vast and ever developing, the title: Student Collaboration: Wikis, Blogs and Forums in Higher Education conveys the investigation of Wikis, Blogs and Forums as the key technologies. People enrol in higher education to learn, the aim of Student Collaboration within Higher Education is to enable 'collaborative learning'; active learning where participants work together using a variety of different models to help themselves learn and each other learn.' (Cited from collaborativelearning14.01.08)
The initial research question is asking if these technologies increase social integration into university life whilst enhancing student learning outcomes by increasing motivation and engagement in the tasks at hand? Enhancing is a key word, although courses can be run online, this study is to find a tool to enhance lecture and workshop learning outcomes . It is important that it is chosen/designed with respect to the users of the computer science module 'Creative Digital Media'.
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