Collaboration Tools

Abstract

Students use technology in natural ways that allow them to do whatthey want: communicate with anyone they want, in the time and spacethat suits them best. Easily accessible and user-friendly, collaborationtools allow students to explore, share, engage, and connect withpeople and content in meaningful ways that help them learn. By relyingon the familiar ways students use these tools, faculty can enablenew forms of communication and engagement in the classroom, permittingextensions and variations of the informal interactions already occurringin classrooms and hallways, and creating new frontiers for collaborationacross geographic boundaries.