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Digital Tools in the Educational Environment Empower StudentCollaboration. A Study Case in Higher Education

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  • Diaconescu Andra

    (Politehnica University of Timisoara, Faculty of Management in Production and Transportations,14 Remus Street, 300191 Timisoara, Romania)

Abstract

Today educational institutions participate actively in empowering students to get involved inprojects, to participate but also to collaborate in this major change in order to overcome internaland external vulnerabilities in the learning process. Digital education has great potential forinnovations and investments, offering huge opportunities for universities to allow digitaltransformation and allow students to learn in their rhythm. Academic researchers are trying tosecure the vulnerabilities of the online environment in higher education through the developmentof multiple digital tools.The work is based on a qualitative methodological approach, through content analysis. Contentanalysis was used as the main technique of data collection and analysis, from the specialisedliterature, from international databases, regarding the importance using digital tools in the highereducation environment. Based on content analysis, this research presents the most importanttools that support digital collaboration among students by offering a study case for overcominglearning barriers and focusing on students' creativity in how they approach problem-solving. Thestudy case is based on "Six Thinking Hats" and it is used to support creative thinking inachieving a good collaboration between teams in an educational project. The tools that supportdigital collaboration among students facilitate communication, increasing the opportunities foracademia to interact with as many users as possible.

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  • Diaconescu Andra, 2024. "Digital Tools in the Educational Environment Empower StudentCollaboration. A Study Case in Higher Education," Research & Education, Weik Press SRL, issue 10, pages 77-102, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:aai:journl:y:2024:i:10:p:77-102
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    • A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development

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