Collaboration or competition? The value of sector-wide collaboration in educational technology research.

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Title:	Collaboration or competition? The value of sector-wide collaboration in educational technology research.
Authors:	Huijser, Henk¹ h.huijser@qut.edu.au, Ames, Kate², Bozkurt, Aras³, Corrin, Linda⁴, Costello, Eamon⁵, Cowling, Michael⁶, Czerniewicz, Laura⁷, Deneen, Chris⁸, Feifei Han⁹, Littlejohn, Allison¹⁰, Wise, Alyssa¹¹, Wright, Mary¹², Zou, Tracy¹³
Source:	Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 2024, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p1-8. 8p.
Subject Terms:	Generative artificial intelligence, Educational cooperation, COVID-19 pandemic, Education research, Editorial writing
Abstract:	Collaboration or competition? This question is at the centre of this editorial, which explores the importance of sector-wide approaches to research into educational technology. This has become particularly relevant in recent years in response to a range of significant challenges or disruptions the tertiary education sector has had to face, for example, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic or the emergence of new generative AI tools. To address these challenges, we have taken a collaborative approach to writing this editorial, with contributing authors from across the world responding to four key questions. The responses to those questions were then arranged into four key themes: collaboration in response to disruption, individual benefits from collaboration, communal benefits from collaboration, and ensuring collaborative wisdom. The editorial concludes with a section that situates the preceding discussion in a broader context and challenges us to consider our wider impact on the world as a sector and, in particular, as related to educational technology. We conclude that collaboration is a must and has the potential to empower us to push the boundaries of what is possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Database:	Education Research Complete

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Abstract:	Collaboration or competition? This question is at the centre of this editorial, which explores the importance of sector-wide approaches to research into educational technology. This has become particularly relevant in recent years in response to a range of significant challenges or disruptions the tertiary education sector has had to face, for example, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic or the emergence of new generative AI tools. To address these challenges, we have taken a collaborative approach to writing this editorial, with contributing authors from across the world responding to four key questions. The responses to those questions were then arranged into four key themes: collaboration in response to disruption, individual benefits from collaboration, communal benefits from collaboration, and ensuring collaborative wisdom. The editorial concludes with a section that situates the preceding discussion in a broader context and challenges us to consider our wider impact on the world as a sector and, in particular, as related to educational technology. We conclude that collaboration is a must and has the potential to empower us to push the boundaries of what is possible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	14493098
DOI:	10.14742/ajet.10077