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Online Collaboration and Social Networking

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This chapter informs how collaborative learning as an instructional strategy can support students in the learning process. Readers are introduced to collaborative learning in online environments and shown how these collaborative environments can further support what they do in their own classes (face-to-face or online). Numerous examples of collaborative tools, social media, course management systems (CMS), and collaborative development environments are defined and explained. Finally, each of the collaborative learning environments is accompanied by a scenario giving a concrete example of how the technology might be used in the classroom.

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  1. Educational Specialties Department, Northern Arizona University, 5774, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001-5774, USA

    Shadow Armfield & J. Michael Blocher

  2. Department of English, Frostburg State University, 101 Braddock Road, Frostburg, MD, 21532, USA

    Dawn M. Armfield

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  1. The Del and Jewell Lewis Endowed Chair, Learning Centered Leadership, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA

    Rosemary Papa

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Armfield, S., Armfield, D.M., Blocher, J.M. (2015). Online Collaboration and Social Networking. In: Papa, R. (eds) Media Rich Instruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00152-4_12

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