social collaboration

noun

A process that helps multiple people share information using interpersonal and social networks to achieve any common goal.

Meanings

nounsocial collaboration (countable and uncountable, plural social collaborations)

plural social collaborations

  1. countableuncountableA process that helps multiple people share information using interpersonal and social networks to achieve any common goal.

    Social collaboration produces such benefits as more effective food acquisition, better protection against predators, better care of young,

    1997, Robert S. Robins, Jerrold M. Post, Political Paranoia: The Psychopolitics of Hatred, page 70
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    Finally, opportunities for social collaboration also nurture motivation. Give children the opportunity to engage in learning through collaboration with a [...].

    2002, James Flood, Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, page 861

    An emphasis on social collaboration was seen in the arrangement of the physical classroom, including the grouping of desks and use of learning centers.

    2002, Cathy Collins Block, Michael Pressley, Comprehension Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices, page 230
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