Editing Collaboration tool (section)

{{short description|Tool that helps people to collaborate}}
{{essay|date=March 2018}}
[[File:Teliris VL Modular.JPG|thumb|A high resolution [[Telepresence|telepresence system]] in use]]
[[File:Interactive whiteboard2.jpg|thumb|A student using an [[Whiteboarding|interactive whiteboard]]]]

A '''collaboration tool''' helps people to [[Collaboration|collaborate]]. The purpose of a collaboration tool is to support a group of two or more individuals to accomplish a common goal or objective.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Collaboration Tools|last1 = Lomas|first1 = Cyprien|publisher = EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative|year = 2008|last2 = Burke|first2 = Michael|last3 = Page|first3 = Carie L.|url = http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli3020.pdf|access-date = 2015-11-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150807025206/http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli3020.pdf|archive-date = 2015-08-07|url-status = dead}}</ref> Collaboration tools can be either of a non-technological nature such as [[paper]], [[Flip chart|flipcharts]], [[post-it note]]s or [[whiteboard]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Collaboration Systems: Concept, value, and Use|last1 = Nunamaker Jr|first1 = Jay F|publisher = Routledge|year = 2014|isbn = 978-0765638458|location = New York|pages = 55|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=z-uPCgAAQBAJ&q=flipchart+collaboration+tool&pg=PT369|last2 = O Briggs|first2 = Robert|last3 = Romano Jr|first3 = Nicholas C Romano}}</ref> They can also include [[software]] tools and [[Application software|applications]] such as [[collaborative software]].