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Collective Intelligence Education, Enhancing the Collaborative Learning

Abstract:

Education continually maintains challenges evidenced by an evolution since its origins. The process of learning in education must be conceived in a decentralized and collaboration context of day-to-day, in addition, the rapid and deep technological transformation carried out at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, especially in the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), confronts universities with greater pressure to demonstrate the effectiveness of their educational efforts and improvement of the teachinglearning environment. Collective intelligence (CI) is an emerging field that already has a significant impact in many areas and it will have great implications for education, not only from the side of new methodologies but also as a challenge for education, which is currently more focused on the individual that in the collective. This article proposes a model of Collective Intelligence Education with ICT, combining two strategies: the management of ideas and assessment in real time, in class. A collaborative platform called FABRICIUS has been created; it supports these two elements to encourage collaboration, empowerment and student engagement in the learning process. This research proposes a list of metrics to measure individual and collective performance of a course. Findings of 11 trials in Europe and Latin America show the efficiency of the model. Finally, the necessity of connecting university management and innovation in this field is discussed.