I come from a Cognitive Science background, an inter-disciplinary major in an attempt to study the brain in all of its glory. In a major like mine — where studying a wide variety of subjects such as Neuroscience, Psychology, Computer Science, Linguistics, and Philosophy is required — I am a total supporter of collaboration. It allows us to learn what other individuals know the most about, and then to channel all the creative, unique thoughts into some new kind of study.
I think the same mission should be greatly underlined when thinking about bringing collaborative social media to the classroom.
I think we can all learn a lot from each other so the academic and intellectual implications of collaboration are quite clear and have become even more evident through all that we have learned from each other in this class! More importantly, however, I believe collaboration leads to an atmosphere of support and positive learning rather than harsh competition. I think this kind of an atmosphere is wonderful to facilitate a good learning atmosphere.
Stay tuned for my next post where I will explain some ways that we can collaboratively learn in the classroom by bringing ideas from outside the classroom!
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