3.5 Collaborate and share

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Figure 7 Words associated with collaborating and sharing online
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An image showing words that you might use to describe activities in this skills area. The words are: blog, collaborate, compose, contribute, create, debate, demonstrate, design, download, edit, execute, explain, hypothesise, imagine, initiate, interview, invent, lead, manage, negotiate, operate, outline, post, prioritise, produce, publish, relate, report, select, share, simulate, summarise, survey, transform, tweet, upload, verify, defend, decide and contrast.

Figure 7 Words associated with collaborating and sharing online

Today’s online environment provides ideal opportunities to collaborate and share information with other people online. Social media, along with a wide range of free tools and apps, actively encourages the sharing of information and opinion. This can feel quite daunting at first, and it takes time to build the confidence to engage with others in this way. Figure 7 illustrates the words you might use to describe activities in this skills area.

Developing skills in this area can help you to increase your confidence. It enables you to learn from others and share good practice. This provides a range of benefits at home, at work and when you’re studying. It is particularly valuable in the workplace, where you may find yourself working with people not based in the same physical location.

Activity 7 Collaborating and sharing in digital environments

Timing: 15 minutes

This activity provides you with some practical examples of what collaborating and sharing online involves.

In each of the areas covered, read the description and use the text box to write a sentence or two on how confident you feel in that area.

Then read the feedback, which lists resources you can use to develop skills in that area. Copy any useful links into your learning journal and make a note of how they might help you. This will be a good reminder going foward.

By signing in and enrolling on this course you can view and complete all activities within the course, track your progress in My OpenLearn Create. and when you have completed a course, you can download and print a free Statement of Participation - which you can use to demonstrate your learning.

3.4 Manage and communicate

4 Digital skills and university study