Blog 3 - Collaboration.

3. Current research. This was a fun search. There are so many examples of collaboration that lend themselves to learning, but are not strictly written for education.
*Miettinen, R., Lehenkari, J., & Tuunainen, J. (2008). Learning and network collaboration in product development: How things work for human use. Sage Publications 39 (2) London39(2)203-219. Http://mlq.sagepub.com/content/39/2/203. The article does not look at collaboration in education,but is an example of the process of collaboration. This can aid the educators understanding of collabortation outside of education; thus, the need for collaborative tools in education. This can prepare future participation in collaboration outside of a school setting.
(I typed this better earlier and the puppy jumped on my lap and I lost it all. These are the joys of learning the fast pace of technical devices. Not knowing how to retrieve previous data is a route learning skill I need to pratice.)
I liked the title because it looks at the human. I smiled because iIwas thinking the devices that aid in collaboration are the tools, and collaboration itself is the human element.
This article "analyzed how these projects were carried out by collaborative network..." (p204). For these aurthors there was an 'entertwining' of development, networks, and process.

There were more that I will have to return with. The links are here.
Http://dje.sagepub.com/content/28/1/91.
www.mendeley.com/research/learning-with-technology-a-constructivist-perspective. This was older but interesting.

2. Technology facilitation of collaboration. 1. The collaborative effort is based on an intentional topic that is being examined for some purpose. It is an active and continuous process that can end with a result, but could provided future learning. Collaboration is a cooperative effort.