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Context: Tools for social control have been used by several governments as a way to promote civil engagement, transparency and the fight against corruption. Aiming at these benefits, Duca, a social control platform in the school environment, enabled a direct manifestation channel between the community, school management and the inspection bodies of the State of Sergipe. However, like most of the tools in this scenario, Duca did not provide efficient collaborative resources that would allow continuous interaction between those involved. Objective: This work had as general objective the conception and qualitative evaluation of a collaborative environment that integrates a Social Control of Public Education application, Duca, enabling transparency and feedback of the actions taken by Organs management and regulating bodies of Education. Method: The work followed the action research method, to develop and evaluate the platform. In the first cycle, a Quasi-Systematic Literature Review was carried out to identify approaches with proposals similar to Duca and to develop the collaborative module. In the second and third cycles, rounds of evaluation of the platform were carried out with participants from the community, school management and members of Organs tax agencies. Results: For the state of the art, three social control tools that belong to the educational context were identified, they are: MyUniversity, “Universidade Conectada” and Liberopinion. In addition, the Review highlighted a gap: none of the tools identified had a target audience of children or adolescents. With the cyclic evaluations of the action research, in which a total of 49 people participated, including members of the community and school management (42), and regulatory bodies (7), it was possible to confirm the effectiveness of the platform from the collaborative aspect. The Duca was considered adequate by 48 of the 49 participants. Conclusion: After analyzing the state of the art, it became evident that Duca fits into the proposals for features and strategies advocated by the literature for social control tools in education. With the evaluation by the community, management and supervisory bodies, it could be seen that Duca is aligned with the fundamental collaborative aspects: political, technical and social. Contexto: Ferramentas para controle social vêm sendo utilizadas, por diversos governos, como forma de promover o engajamento civil, a transparência e o combate à corrupção. Mirando esses benefícios, a Duca, uma plataforma de controle social no âmbito escolar, habilitou um canal de manifestação direta entre a comunidade, gestão escolar e os órgãos fiscalizadores do Estado de Sergipe. Contudo, assim como boa parte das ferramentas desse cenário, a Duca não provia recursos colaborativos eficientes que permitissem uma interação contínua entre os envolvidos. Objetivo: Este trabalho teve como objetivo geral a concepção e avaliação qualitativa de um ambiente colaborativo que integrasse um aplicativo de Controle Social da Educação Pública, a Duca, viabilizando transparência e feedback das ações tomadas pelos órgãos gestores e reguladores da Educação. Método: O trabalho seguiu o método de pesquisa- ação, para desenvolver e avaliar a plataforma. No primeiro ciclo, foi realizada uma Revisão Quasi-Sistemática de Literatura, para identificar abordagens com propostas semelhantes à Duca e para desenvolver o módulo colaborativo. No segundo e terceiro ciclos, foram realizadas rodadas de avaliação da plataforma com participantes da comunidade, gestão escolar e membros dos órgãos fiscais. Resultados: Para o estado da arte, foram identificadas três ferramentas de controle social que pertencem ao contexto educacional, são elas: MyUniversity, Universidade Conectada e Liberopinion. Além disso, a Revisão evidenciou uma lacuna: nenhuma das ferramentas identificadas tinha como público-alvo crianças ou adolescentes. Com as avaliações cíclicas da pesquisa-ação, das quais participaram um total de 49 pessoas, entre membros da comunidade e gestão escolares (42), e órgãos reguladores (7), foi possível confirmar a efetividade da plataforma sob o aspecto colaborativo. A Duca foi considerada adequada por 48 dos 49 participantes. Conclusão: Após ser analisado o estado da arte, evidenciou-se que a Duca se enquadra nas propostas de funcionalidades e estratégias defendidas pela literatura para ferramentas de controle social na educação. Com a avaliação por parte da comunidade, da gestão e dos órgãos fiscalizadores, pôde ser constatado que a Duca está alinhada aos aspectos colaborativos fundamentais: político, técnico e social. São Cristóvão

L'objectiu d'un programa de gestió del coneixement, com pot ser una "wiki", orientat a la transferència d'habilitats i coneixements en una organització, consisteix principalment a reduir al mínim el temps i esforç necessaris de transició des de l'estat de principiant a expert, és a dir, millorar l'eficiència de l'aprenentatge i/o l'auto aprenentatge. En aquest projecte analitzarem i estudiarem les diferents utilitats que un portal de col·laboració amb Google Sites i SharePoint pot aportar en una organització fictícia a través d'un cas pràctic com a evolució de les actuals "wikis". Ens centrarem en les característiques i funcionalitats dels portals de col·laboració sense entrar en la part d'administració de portals ni en els desenvolupaments personalitzats. Aquests portals de col·laboració ens mostraran d'una manera pràctica tota la funcionalitat i capacitat de cada producte, per tal de determinar en quins aspectes milloren respecte al sistema tradicional "wiki", quines prestacions ofereixen i/o carències tenen per a l'organització. Els objectius d'aquest projecte basat en Sistemes de gestió de coneixements són: entendre de manera global el que representa l'eina "wiki" per a la gestió d'informació en les organitzacions; assimilar quines aportacions ofereixen les eines GSuite/Office 365 com a possibles alternatives; i reflexionar sobre quines eines poden ajudar en cada una de les fases d'un projecte de Sistemes de gestió de coneixement. The final goal of a knowledge management program such as a Wiki, focused on transferring skills and knowledge to an organization, is mainly to minimize the time and effort required to transition from the state of beginner to expert, that is, to improve learning efficiency and / or self-learning. In this project we will analyze and study the different utilities that a collaboration portal with Google Sites and SharePoint can bring in a fictitious organization through a case study as an evolution of the current Wikis. We will focus on the features and functionality of collaboration portals without going into the portal administration part or custom developments. These demo collaboration portals will show us in a practical way all the functionality and capacity of each product, in order to determine in what aspects they improve with respect to the traditional Wiki system, what features they offer and / or lack on the organization. The objectives of this project based on Knowledge Management Systems are to understand in general what the Wiki tool for information management in organizations represents; assimilate what GSuite / Office 365 tools offer as possible alternatives; and reflect on what tools can help in each of the stages of it. El objetivo de un programa de gestión del conocimiento, como puede ser una "wiki", orientado a la transferencia de habilidades y conocimientos en una organización, consiste principalmente en reducir al mínimo el tiempo y esfuerzo necesarios de transición desde el estado de principiante a experto, es decir, mejorar la eficiencia del aprendizaje y/o el auto aprendizaje. En este proyecto analizaremos y estudiaremos las diferentes utilidades que un portal de colaboración con Google Sites y SharePoint puede aportar en una organización ficticia a través de un caso práctico como evolución de las actuales "wikis". Nos centraremos en las características y funcionalidades de los portales de colaboración sin entrar en la parte de administración de portales ni en los desarrollos personalizados. Estos portales de colaboración nos mostrarán de una manera práctica toda la funcionalidad y capacidad de cada producto, a fin de determinar en qué aspectos mejoran respecto al sistema tradicional "wiki", qué prestaciones ofrecen y / o carencias tienen para la organización. Los objetivos de este proyecto basado en Sistemas de gestión de conocimientos son: entender de manera global lo que representa la herramienta "wiki" para la gestión de información en las organizaciones; asimilar qué aportaciones ofrecen las herramientas GSuite/Office 365 como posibles alternativas; y reflexionar sobre qué herramientas pueden ayudar en cada una de las fases de un proyecto de Sistemas de gestión de conocimiento.

Pair programming is a technique which is introduced for helping programmers to develop high quality codes. Beside technical aspects, collaboration and working in team are the important skills needed in practicing the technique. These skills are essential to be instilled among our engineering students. Pair programming (known as PP) is one of Agile software development technique which introduces collaborative ways for programmers to develop software. Many advantages have been reported when one practiced the technique, which include improve team communication and productiveness, reduction in defect counts, and at the same time lessen development time. Among students, the technique was also reported to enhance students’ learning and satisfaction, as well as students’ learning skills. In order to get the full benefits of pair programming technique, however, correct guidance must be provided to the students. In this study, we proposed a collaborative pair programming tool for students in practicing the technique. The tool offers all features required to allow the collaboration for the pair programming technique to work. The tool is designed and developed using Visual Basic Studio software. A database is incorporated to store students’ information. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the students’ performance with and without using the tool. Results showed that the tool can help improving students’ performance in terms of quality of codes, and lessen their time in completing their coding. These are the consequences of collaboration and team work skills that they have been practicing when using the tool.

La désaffection pour les professions s’exerçant dans les territoires ruraux est un enjeu récurrent de nombreux secteurs (médecins, infirmiers, etc.). Le présent article propose une méthodologie d’accompagnement des choix d’orientation vers ces territoires : le « jeu de territoire –orientation ». Adapté du développement territorial, il permet, grâce à une activité collaborative de construction d’un diagnostic partagé, de faire évoluer les représentations des étudiants à propos de ces territoires par la décentration et l’apport de nouveaux savoirs. L’article reprend de manière didactique les modalités d’élaboration et d’animation du jeu pour permettre son application dans des contextes variés., The disaffection for professions practised in rural areas is a recurring issue for many sectors (doctors, nurses...). This article proposes a methodology to help career choices towards these territories: the “territory game–career choices”. Adapted from the territorial development, it allows, through a collaborative activity to build a shared diagnosis, to change representations of students about these territories via a decentration and the contribution of new knowledge. The article uses a didactic approach to shows how to create and animate the game for allowing its application in various contexts.

In striving for sustainability, urban policy and planning increasingly emphasize proximity ideals in order to go beyond established mobility- and speed-oriented accessibility strategies. Yet proximity is a fluid concept with many contextualized meanings, cutting across most sectors of urban planning. When proximity is realized in actual planning, clarity and communicability are therefore required. Here we explored how urban planners in different fields of expertise understand and apply the proximity concept. Furthermore, we tested a collaborative tool enabling transparent discussion and fostering a joint basis for further application. Qualitative data were collected via six semi-structured, focus-group workshops with 35 planners of various competencies working in three western Swedish municipalities. The results indicated that planning goals of proximity were negotiated according to three understandings: One derived from the established understanding of transportation and land-use integration, relying on planners&rsquo, expert views, a second emphasizing the local community understanding, highlighting the social context of neighborhoods, and a third comprising the personal environment understanding of the individual&rsquo, s closest physical space at a detailed scale level. Collaborative exercises resulted in the development of a communicative tool for negotiating perceived understandings of proximity, as well as planning goals.

Many of the technological and social systems our society has come to depend on can be classified as complex adaptive systems (CAS). These systems are made of many individual parts that self-organize to respond and adapt to changing outside and inside influences affecting the system and its actors. These CAS can be placed on a spectrum ranging from loosely- to tightly-coupled, depending on the degree of interrelatedness and interdependence between system components. This research has explored how the process of collaboration occurs in both a loosely- and tightly-coupled setting using one exemplar of each system. The loosely-coupled exemplar related to disaster risk reduction in two Canadian communities while the tightly-coupled one involved the implementation of a surgical information management system in a Canadian hospital. A list of core elements of collaboration that should be considered essential to the success of all collaborative endeavours was developed as a result: Engagement, Communication, Leadership, Role Clarity, Awareness, Time, and Technical Skills and Knowledge. Based on observing how the core elements of collaboration interacted with one another within each of these example systems, two models were created to represent their relationships. A list of considerations that collaborative tool designers should consider was also developed and the implications of these considerations were discussed. As businesses and other organizations increasingly incorporate team-based work models, they will come to depend more heavily on technology-based solutions to support collaboration. By incorporating collaborative technologies that properly support the activity of these teams—based on the specific type of complex adaptive system in which their organization exists—organizations can avoid wasting time and resources developing tools that hinder collaboration.