New White Paper: Academic Research Makes a Case for the Wimba Collaboration Suite
Benefits of Online Collaboration Include Enhanced Learning, Improved Student Outcome, and Increased Retention Rates
Online learning as we now know it is barely a decade old, so as programs worldwide evolve and mature, they’ll do so by finding better ways for instructors to collaborate and communicate with their students. This white paper analyzes numerous research studies conducted by instructional technologists and faculty from K-12 and higher education institutions throughout the world. Their research demonstrates that adding collaborative elements such as voice, video, application sharing, podcasting, and instant messaging can quickly improve the quality of almost any school’s distance education program.