Toy Paper Airplane

This was a fun exercise demonstrating the basic concept of collaboration.  My partner Kathy and I were able to collaborate very easily throughout the exercise.  I felt we practiced under the basic definition of collaboration: two or more people writing (drafting) a document together. However, our collaborative process also fell under other definitions.  For example, Allen describe collaboration using 3 features: 1) production of shared document; 2) substantive interaction among members; and 3) shared decision making power over the responsibility for the document. While I drafted the initial document, Kathy added comments and together we made final edits and agreed on our complete product.  Our experience as partners was very positive.  It is important to understand that even a simple exercise could become difficult depending on the definitions and attitudes of individuals and groups towards collaboration.