Digital tools and group work

The development of digital technologies in higher education has led to significant changes in the way group work is organized. Group work, which is based on collaborative learning, today increasingly includes the use of digital tools that enable more effective communication, coordination and evaluation of student engagement. It is particularly important to emphasize that digital tools do not replace the pedagogical concept of group work, but complement and expand it, especially in the context of online and hybrid teaching.

By enabling synchronous or asynchronous collaboration, they remove the spatial and temporal barriers that previously limited the dynamics of group learning. They also provide teachers with better insight into the work process within groups, which is important for objective and transparent evaluation of student contributions. The integration of digital tools for group work into learning management systems such as Moodle significantly increases their effectiveness. It enables the unification of teaching content, activities and assessments within a single environment, providing students with a clear structure and teachers with a simpler organization of teaching.