Title: Ways of formation of effective students' collaboration skills based upon the usage of WBT

Authors: Nataliia Morze; Liliia Varchenko; Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska

Addresses: Borys Grinchenko Kiyv University, 18/2 Vorovskogo Str, Ukraine ' Borys Grinchenko Kiyv University, 18/2 Vorovskogo Str, Ukraine ' University of Silesia, Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland; The Faculty of Ethnology and Sciences of Education in Cieszyn, Bielska 62, 43-400 Cieszyn, Poland

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the ways of forming students' collaboration skills based upon the usage of information and communication technologies. The authors specify the conception of effective students' collaboration while studying as one of the skills of the 21st century. The main task in the organisation of students' collaboration is providing a definition of the common aim in the studying process which is shared by everyone, and a strict division of roles for the solving of problems and tasks. Separately is examined the conception of students' e-collaboration, separate elements and forms of this conception are defined.

Keywords: student cooperation; student collaboration; collaboration skills; ICT; efficient communication; studying process; e-collaboration; online collaboration; web-based communities; Web 2.0 technologies; Web 2.0 services; Wiki portals; online communities; virtual communities; higher education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2015.067085

International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2015 Vol.11 No.1, pp.25 - 41

Published online: 26 Jan 2015 *

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