Adapting to Online Collaborative Learning

by Akanksha Sharma, ATD

Online collaborative learning is one strategy that enables employees to work in groups, which may be geographically dispersed but interconnected, to foster a culture of productive learning and build an active learning community. Benefits include: learning through online communities of practice; active learning and sharing of expertise; breakdown of knowledge silos; meaningful connections with different points in a discussion; participants who are encouraged to reflect and expand their learning horizons, because they have time to consider all responses behavioral competencies such as teamwork, cooperation, communication, and problem solving; easy-to-manage content and organizational knowledge; access to recorded interactions, which makes it easy to monitor and assess various aspects and check understanding of concepts covered.

https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/L-and-D-Blog/2016/04/Adapting-to-Online-Collaborative-Learning

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