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Discuss the benefits and challenges of collaboration Collaboration is a fantastic thing to do to tackle large projects.  Collaboration allows people to put their knowledge together and think of a solution that otherwise couldn't have come to light without collaborating.  It allows knowledge to be shared among peers and is what is responsible for most of today's creations.  Modern vehicles couldn't be designed without the help of many people working on a project.  Artificial Intelligence would be extremely difficult to have created without collaborating with others.   Some challenges that come up with collaboration is that many times, people just don't agree with each other and this can stalemate the project.  If people continue having disagreeing ideas or viewpoints, eventually this causes turmoil in the group, and productivity decreases until a compromise is met or the person causing the discord in the group is let go.  Collaboration all...

Currently, I am near the end of my research journey.  I have submitting most of my deliverables.  All that is left is the presentations and peer reviewings of each others publications.  Some issues that I hit were motivation for the final push and trying to maintain a clear vision for my research paper.  Keeping it narrowed down was the toughest part.  This week I was able to finish the research paper, powerpoint, and publications.  Next week I intend to present my findings to my class and wrap up the school year with a great GPA. 

One surprise that I have encountered specific to my research question is that not as many people are excited for online learning as I had hoped.  I was happy because it meant I could save gas driving between college and it was a new adventure for me.  So far online learning has helped, but I can see the downsides to it, such as having a possibly undervalued education experience as well as not having a quiet place to study.  Also the inability to access some school resources is a bit of a struggle as well, however I've made it work.  I'm still determined to finish my research and come up with a viable solution to access to learning for those who can't get it. 

Currently I'm all caught up in my research journey.  I haven't started making the presentation yet but I'll work on that this week.  Some issues that I hit was lack of motivation to keep on going. We're so close to the end of the quarter and I feel like I'm all done, even though I'm not.  This week I worked on the paper a bit more.  Next week, since it's the final week, I should have everything done.  The sources that I'm using for my research are always changing, due to the ever changing nature of the pandemic, so sometimes information that I write may not be there the next day, or it may have changed. 

Some pre-held opinions that matched my interpretation of the research material would be that online school would be a viable solution in the future.  Before COVID-19, many classes offered at colleges or universities were not online because the university said that it wouldn't be possible.  Now that we are in a pandemic, all those classes that students were told couldn't be taken online, are now online.  This shows that universities are trying to take as much money from you as possible by making it seem necessary to spend that much money to attend a class, in which most of the material can be found on wikipedia or youtube.  Even if things go back to normal, universities should still offer the entry level classes online so students don't have to spend so much money if they don't want to.  This would allow more access to education across the world to more demographics.  Some divergent options that I came across are the fact that a lot of students prefer go...

Currently I'm caught up in my research journey.  I have five pages completed of my research paper.  I feel pretty accomplished at the moment.  I made more progress than I thought I would this week to be honest.  Next week I'm going to most likely finish the paper, or at least a rough final. 

In this collaboration, I've gained some insight in how to approach my research paper!  I've found some new citation creators and overall had a good experience.  New research methods have come to light as well.  We talked about Space X and Starlink and fast internet across the globe.