During class on Tuesday, the class discussion was focused on collaboration. There are two different types, dialogic and hierarchical. Dialogic collaboration is new to me, it is the process of giving and taking through conversation in order to reach goals. There are undefined roles which may cause a mess before you reach your goals.
The hierarchical approach is what we have been doing throughout our entire educational career. In a way we were taught to work collaboratively but we each have our own specific role in the group. After our long discussion about collaboration we were able to got together with our group to discuss our project. With our due date immediately approaching, we quickly distributed jobs (the hierarchical approach) in order to complete our project on time with the all the pieces of the puzzle put together.
I find it somewhat disappointing that we don't really have the "time" to take on this new approach of collaboration. Maybe we can try this new take on collaboration for our collaborative research project.
The hierarchical approach is what we have been doing throughout our entire educational career. In a way we were taught to work collaboratively but we each have our own specific role in the group. After our long discussion about collaboration we were able to got together with our group to discuss our project. With our due date immediately approaching, we quickly distributed jobs (the hierarchical approach) in order to complete our project on time with the all the pieces of the puzzle put together.
I find it somewhat disappointing that we don't really have the "time" to take on this new approach of collaboration. Maybe we can try this new take on collaboration for our collaborative research project.