IMPLEMENTING ONLINE COLLABORATION
IN CLASSROOM
Stefanus Christian Relmasira
Primary Teacher Training Department Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Satya Wacana Christian University
ABSTRACT
This paper describes the importance of implementing online collaboration in classroom. Some facts have shown that the users
of mobile technologies and Internet are increasing exponentially every year. The improvement not only happens in developed countries, but also in developing countries like China, Korea, India, Japan, and Indonesia. Many students are familiar with technologies, as they become parts of students' daily lives. There are many Web 2.0 tools that students and teachers can use to enhance meaningful activities. Web 2.0 tools also opens possibilities for students to do online collaboration with other students in other schools or even in other countries. Therefore,
teachers should use this opportunity to enhance the quality of teaching and learning by utilizing technologies to empower meaningful leaning through online collaboration. This paper also provides explanation about how to maintain online collaborative activities. There are three steps. First, choosing the right tools. Second, keeping students' engagement. Finally, implementing continuous assessment. Further explanation of each steps are discussed in this paper.
Keywords: Online collaboration, meaningful learning, Web 2.0 tools
Technologies in information and communication are improving every year not only in developed countries but also in developing countries like Indonesia. This can be demonstrated clearly bythe mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablet
