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Gender Differences and Cultural Orientation in E-Collaboration

Gender Differences and Cultural Orientation in E-Collaboration
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Author(s): Yingqin Zhong (National University of Singapore, Singapore), Zhen Wang (National University of Singapore, Singapore)and John Lim (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 7
Source title: Encyclopedia of E-Collaboration
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ned Kock (Texas A&M International University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-000-4.ch046

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Abstract

Electronic collaboration (e-collaboration) is defined as collaboration among individuals engaged in a common task using electronic technologies (Kock & Nosek, 2005). Examples of technologies used in e-collaboration are email, groupware and chat tools, which support communication, information sharing and coordination among team members synchronously or asynchronously. Collaborative learning is regarded as an important information processing activity in e-collaboration. E-collaboration technologies enable affective learning related to interactive communication and teamwork to be achieved. Members learn from one another by actively engaging in exchanging knowledge and information based on their understanding as well as individual experiences (Harasim, Hiltz, Teles, & Turoff, 1995). New information is in this way integrated with existing cognitive structures (Leidner & Jarvenpaa, 1995). Growing interest in supporting the needs of active learning, along with concurrent improvements in e-collaboration technologies, has prompted research on computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL).

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