Do you believe that humans have a basic instinct to “interact and work as a group,” as Rheingold proposed in his discussion of the evolution of Wikipedia as a collectively developed encyclopedia? How can technology facilitate collaboration among learners based on constructivist principles?
I believe humans have a basic instinct to live. The definition of “to live” has changed over the last ten thousand years. Ten thousands years ago humans were driven by their basic physical needs, hunger, thirst, and warmth. I believe man’s instinct to live drive them to work as a group to obtain these things. Some examples are man learned to hunt larger animals by hunting in groups, they learned ways to obtain water by working in groups, and they learned ways to provide warmth for themselves by working together to gather wood and build larger fires. Over time as man become more efficient in obtaining these things, man had more time and the ability to develop new things by working in a group. Now we have grown socially even now as our ways and means of communication has advanced to more effectively work as a group.
Technology can facilitate collaboration among learners based on constructivist’s principles through the use of Microworlds and hypermedia designs where students can work and interact with other members of the same interests. Also open software and course management tools such as Google docs can help facilitate collaboration among learners by allowing them to share documents needed to complete activities.
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