The collaboration online It is essential for students, teachers and researchers to obtain and disseminate more knowledge.
The importance of collaboration online became particularly evident during the Covid-19 pandemic. Between March and June 2020, the FCT videoconferencing service, through the FCCN unit, – Colibri – recorded an increase of 3423% in the number of meetings held, surpassing the one million class mark online.
The high demand for the service was due to the fact that it allowed video conferences to be held with the capacity to 300 participants/session. In this way, it has become an essential support for distance learning, ensuring the continuation of teaching activities and also bringing professionals together during the teleworking regime.
The relevance of collaboration online In the context of higher education, this isn't limited to the exceptional circumstances caused by the pandemic. Every day, across the country, thousands of students, faculty, and researchers collaborate using FCCN services. In addition to communicating via Colibri, they can, for example, send large files via Filesender or attend virtual events using Videocast.
However, the more practical dimension of this activity—facilitating the creation and sharing of knowledge, whether intra- or inter-institutional—adds other advantages of collaboration. First and foremost, it encourages the sharing of best practices, case studies, and new solutions. Knowledge of other institutional realities and differentiated solutions to shared problems is particularly relevant for increasing the resilience of teaching and research communities.
On the other hand, using collaborative solutions also ensures the strengthening of specific skills such as teamwork, leadership, communication, among others. soft skills.
FCCN services, which are based on collaboration, allow the teaching and research community to hold video conferences, webinars or invest in the production of multimedia content. Discover all FCCN services in this area. here.
