Online collaboration on Blackboard Collaborate: rules or autonomy? Cover Image

Онлайн колаборация чрез Blackboard: правила или автономност?
Online collaboration on Blackboard Collaborate: rules or autonomy?

Author(s): Aylya Iliyazova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Education and training
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: online collaboration; autonomy; teaching; communication; assessment

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to present some of the options that the online platform Blackboard offers for collaborative learning. Various functionalities of the platform and the specific set of tools used during group work are explored. Emphasis is placed on specific moments in online collaborative work, which have implications for teaching and learning by using Blackboard features. Learners’ autonomy in learning through cooperation, as well as the specific rules when teaching and learning in a changed reality are the object of interest in the article.