I truly enjoy the ability to collaborate online in both my professional and educational lives. The funny thing is, I tend to have drastically different preferences for each environment, both for the same reason. I am an impatient person. I can provide the outward appearance of being patient very well, though on the inside I may be writhing.
In educational uses, I prefer asynchronous collaboration. I learn and move through projects in fits and starts, and have found that if I accommodate my own pace a very satisfactory level of efficiency is achieved. That is, I feel I am getting adequate return on the time I am investing. At times, occasionally in the middle of a concept or task, I lose focus and begin to struggle, while at other times I manage extended periods of productivity. I would assume this is fairly normal for everyone. Synchronous learning would impact MY pace, as well as that of my collaborators, and make us all less efficient.
At work, I am more focused on the time frame of my task. The time frame is less flexible and set by someone other than myself so it cannot accommodate my fitful pace. Frankly, I really don’t want it to; I want to be done. Concerning work, there is usually more to do than I have time anyway so I just want to keep every process moving as fast as possible. That can only be achieved through synchronous collaboration such as phone calls, instant messages and net meetings.
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