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The study reported on in this paper used a framework of benefits, challenges and solutions to categorize data from a design experiment using synchronous online communication for learning French as a second language

Data collection relied on online observation, teachers’ use of blogs and an online discussion forum, face-to-face planning and reflection meetings for teachers as well as interviews with all participants.

Benefits included independence and peer-learning; authenticity and motivation; anonymity and confidence; enhanced self-esteem.

Collaboration on its own doesn't guarantee results, but management research shows that when professionals work together in close partnership toward common goals and when decisions are made with the expertise of those closest to the point of impact, the conditions are right for progress. Collaboration will result in improvements "where it matters most -- in the classroom," says St. John Superintendent Kevin George. "Staff and students will benefit as the information shared will have long-lasting effects,"