By providing workers with collaborative technology, companies also benefit by encouraging employees to share their knowledge across the organization. As a result, employers are placing a higher value on learnability. As one professor pointed out, “When we can all retrieve the same information, the key differentiator is not access to data, but the ability to make use of it.”
Providing a unified home for information
The way commuter students collaborate in virtual study groups now is analogous to the way remote workers share information with their team. Both use video conferencing and online co-editing docs to share notes. If you’re studying abroad or living at home, those tools save trips back to campus. That’s one of the reasons many universities have been moving workflows and research online.
By blending the physical and digital classrooms and making coursework more accessible, we’re helping professors spend less time on administrative tasks, and more time on teaching and research.
New partnerships with Klaxoon, Pronto, and WeVideo are helping bring that to life. Soon, students and faculty around the world will have access to leading education apps that make it easier to share assignments, give feedback, and work on group projects.
At Dropbox, our goal is to take the friction out of working as a team. We’re researching how students and educators interact, so we can help them keep developing skills throughout their careers. To see how we’re fueling cross-campus learning and innovative research, check out our new eBook, Secure Mobility in Higher Ed.