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Fig. 1. Changes in the number of authors on standard research articles published in Journal of Applied Ecology since 1966, showing (a) the exponential growth in the mean number of authors per article and (b) the exponential decline in single-author articles<\/p><\/div>\n
When it comes to collaborative work, the goal should receiving more than the sum of individual efforts. To do so, the collaboration environment should\u00a0 boost productivity\u00a0 and sustain harmony between individuals.\u00a0 Even in engineering world, these elements lies on different dimension rather than digits, i.e., learners\u2019 beliefs and feelings, previous experiences and personal biases [2].\u00a0 Since there is no second change for the first impression, I believe it is better to survey each individual’s previous experience before any collaborative work and ask each individual’s feeling after completing collaborative work. By this way, it can give an opportunity to address existing shortcoming and problems before turning them into some personal biases which can affect the rest of the studies. During Topic#3 week, I have found an interesting study [3] in which\u00a0 proposes a novel collaborative learning design where the\u00a0 technology is being utilized to support the awareness of motivation, emotion, and their regulation. Specifically, the data is being collected during the 7-weeks of\u00a0 students\u2019 collaborative work from\u00a0 video recordings and individual-level physiological measures thanks to sensor-type devices as shown in Fig. 2. When I see this picture, I think that it\u00a0 might trigger some discomfort when some sensors are connected your body and your session is being recorded but at least, it can open a way to focus on emotional aspects of individuals during collaborative work which is mostly ignored in goal-focused group works.<\/p>\n
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Fig.2. The students being observed during collaborative work [3]<\/p><\/div>In addition to feeling of group member, the enemy of the productivity in any collaborative work is lack of mutual commitment between collaborators. As it can be underlined that this feeling between group member can reduce the motivation for engagement [4]. Mutual commitment is not only necessary for sharing the workload in a fair way but also building up trust between group members as stated in [5] trust needs to be grounded in mutual commitment. Once trust is set in the collaborative work, it can avoid many conflicts since each individual \u00a0wants\u00a0 to do well and contribute and the focus\u00a0 is\u00a0 mostly progress rather than personal conflicts. I can observe this feeling even my relation with the students since once they observe I am committed in their learning process, they put more emphasis on course activities.<\/p>\n
To sum up, collaborative work is inevitable when dealing with more complex problems and boosting productivity lies on mutual commitment and emotional regulation of each individual.<\/p>\n
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References<\/p>\n
[1] Barlow, Jos, et al. “On the extinction of the single-authored paper: the causes and consequences of increasingly collaborative applied ecological research.”\u00a0Journal of applied ecology.<\/i>\u00a055.1 (2018): 1-4<\/p>\n
[2] Pekrun, R. (2016). \u201cAcademic emotions,\u201d in Handbook ofMotivation at School, 2nd Edn, eds K. R.Wentzel and D. B. Miele (New York, NY: Routledge), 120\u2013144.<\/p>\n
[3] Herrera-Pavo, Miguel \u00c1ngel. “Collaborative learning for virtual higher education.” Learning, Culture and Social Interaction<\/em> 28 (2021): 100437, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.lcsi.2020.100437<\/a>.<\/p>\n [4] Wenger, E. (1998). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity<\/em>. Cambridge University Press. https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/dk\/academic\/subjects\/psychology\/social-psychology\/communities-practice-learning-meaning-and-identity?format=PB&isbn=9780521663632<\/a><\/p>\n