Dans ce texte publié par Chief Learning Officer, Curt Bonk fait un très large survol de l’évolution passée et future des outils de collaboration conçues à des fins d’apprentissage [le caractère gras à la fin de cet extrait est de moi]:
« There is no mistaking the shift in society’s focus from thriving on competition to the need for collaboration. Communication and conversation are among the keys to learning. As Peter Drucker often points out, we need knowledge workers who are skilled in problem-solving, collaboration and learning. Therefore, education must prepare workers for these environments. Collaborative technologies have emerged to offer a way to familiarize learners with these new expectations and experiences. (…)
If we look ahead another 10 years, standard collaborative technologies will include features or options for videoconferencing, chat, surveying, mentoring, joint document creation and resource sharing. Novel features might include sensor indicators of the need for collaboration as well as the availability and selection of collaborative partners. Specialists will also be available on demand to help brainstorm ideas or edit collaborative documents. And there undoubtedly will be peer and expert ratings to choose the best person for the job or to match learners to specific types of expertise.
As education needs become lifelong, advances in collaborative learning tools will impact everyone. But it is not necessarily the tools for collaboration that will be the most important or interesting, but the types of interactions made possible by these technologies. »
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+1, insightful.
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