Collaboration can occur anywhere at anytime through the use of the Internet, digital video and communication technologies

1. 3/4/2015

2. REAL TIME COLLABORATIVE
ENVIRONMENTS IN EDUCATION

3. Collaboration 1O1
Sharing and developing ideas and solutions
with other like-minded people
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• What is it?

4. Collaboration 1O1
A solo effort of a team leader. Working in a team or working as a
team are two completely different approaches.
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• What is not?

5. Collaboration 1O1
Benefits
• Students are active participants in their own learning activities making decisions about
what and how they will learn
• Collaborative work is a critical focus for professional development
• Deeper learning and appreciation for interpersonal support
• Greater synergy for creatively solving complex problems
• Discussion of multiple ways of solving the same problem
• Value the expertise of other members
• Share responsibility for meeting goals
• Collectively develop and agree upon common goals
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6. Collaboration 1O1
Face-to-face interaction:
When students interact with other students it
maximizes student involvement and aids in
concept development.
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7. Collaboration 1O1
Collaboration can occur anywhere at
anytime through the use of the Internet,
digital video and communication
technologies
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8. Virtual classroom
Advantages
• Majority of classrooms contains an interactive whiteboard
• Allows using rich and dynamic content engaging students motivation
and attention
• Allows to expose complex topics using different visual perspectives
• Teachers can prepare all this content in home and even change
templates/ideas with other teachers
• Allows students to take contact with technologies that will mostly be
used in their professional life.
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9. Virtual classroom
Disadvantages
• Investment needs on both schools and students
• Software solutions dependency on hardware (Windows vs
Linux vs MacOS)
• Teachers resistance to the adoption of virtual classroom
instead of the classics classroom environment
• Complexity and number of classroom software may be
overwhelming to both students and teachers
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10. Eduwall
The endless online whiteboard which allows a real time collaboration
between multiple users providing an e-learning environment
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11. Eduwall
• Appealing and intuitive interface across all devices
• Web solution (No hardware dependency)
• Responsive design (Smartphone, Tablet, Notebook, Desktop, Whiteboard, TV)
• Real time collaboration between multiple users
• Integrated videoconference
• Multitouch
• Intelligent ELearning gallery
• Math tools
• Infinite canvas
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12. Chinese proverb:
Tell me, and I’ll forget.
Show me, and I’ll remember.
Involve me, and I’ll learn.
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13. www.eduwall.pt
geral@edubox.pt
THANK YOU!