Collaborative Online Interactions: The Ups & Downs

Collaborative online interactions and activities are an integral part of distance/online learning? This week’s learning resources highlight the advantages and disadvantages of effective collaborative interaction; also highlighted are the many obstacles and stumbling blocks that were/are threats to developing effective online collaborative interaction.
Using the information provided by this week’s learning resources (as well as one additional outside resource) discuss the following:

• What attributes constitute an effective online collaborative interaction?
• What are some of the early missteps associated with the formative period of collaborative online interactions?
• What are some of the current trends influencing the development of collaborative online interactions?

By Friday
Please post to the discussion blog a summary of your thoughts and reactions to the above questions. Be sure to site your resources in order to validate your responses.
Discussion Link Rubric https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0S2WnzX9LQqQVFRa0NBakpqLWM/edit?usp=sharing