Think about the past year of your professional life. What types of projects or ideas have collaborated on with others?

To Do:

  1. Find an openly licensed image of a dining table on Unsplash, Pixabay or Creative Commons.
  2. Select an Image editing tool in the EdTech Sandbox or one you are familiar with, to begin modifying the image you have selected.
  3. Choose one of the projects you identified (successful or otherwise) and using the image editing application, add each person’s name as a place setting at the table (you do not have to put real names).
  4. Describe each person you worked with. Consider the following questions:
    • Were they part of or outside of your discipline?
    • How did your skills compare with theirs?
    • Do they offer a diverse perspective that is different from yours? If so, how does this help improve your teaching?
  1. At the centre of the table add the modes and communication tools you used to collaborate. Note which ones worked better than others.
  2. Identify patterns and gaps:
    • Highlight the type of people and processes that you know work well for you and which ones do not.
    • Identify anything that is missing from the table—anything you need to consider for future collaborations.
  1. Take a photo or screenshot of your “collaborative dining table” or export it as an image file.
  2. Share it on X with a mention of @ontarioextend and the hashtag #oextend. (Note: if you do not want to use X you can submit the image file)
  3. Your submission for this activity can be an uploaded image of your dining table image or add a link to your tweet @ontarioextend #oextend that includes the image.
  4. After you make your submission, save the web address to your response (found in the green confirmation box) so you can use it later for your badge submission form.

This activity is part of the Explore Collaboration section of the Collaborator Module.

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107 Responses for this Activity

  • The Collaborative Dining Table
    by anh lam (@anhlam)

    In the link provided, you’ll find my interactive dining table activity.

  • The Collaborative Dining Table
    by Ani Amirmooradian Malhami (@Ani)

    Describe each person you worked with: All the people involved were from the same school in our institution. We shared our ideas about how to assess students’ writing remotely given the emergence of AI and how to ensure students learn effectively. All of us had teaching experience but approached assessing student writing in different ways, more… »

  • Extend Activity #1 – Collaborating to develop a new college program
    by Oday Aswad (@odayaswad)

    Back in 2020, one of the colleges that I used to work for decided to offer a new BSc program in Digital Marketing. A team of specialists was assigned to develop an eight-semester-long program with 50 courses. The team included the following: The academic dean was the team leader and the contact point with the more… »

  • Dinning Table
    by Peter Sheedy (@PeterS)

    Where I work all major decisions are done in a team format.   This includes staff from all areas and disciplines such as HR, operations, and finance.   Depending on the issue, we may also include persons outside the organization.   The unique perspective and/or bias of each individual ensures a well-rounded output is created. Our latest project more… »

  • Heroes
    by Johnryl Chu (@Chrono)

    Project: Healthcare On Wheels: Medical Mission amidst the Mayon Volcano in the Philippines. Premise: Last 2018, The Mayon Volcano Erupted in the Philippines, causing numerous injuries, and health issues to the citizens around the area. Team LAHWIN (The team I was a part of) was one of the first responders to deliver medical care to more… »

  • My collaborative dining table
    by NIsha Sheen (@NSheen)

    My dining table represents the collaboration of my team for a project proposal during last summer. The members represented on each chair are the partners working toward the proposal . Myself, the primary investigator, co invesigator, collborator and and external funding partner.All of us were from different disciplines and backgrounds, pooling our ideas and thoughts more… »

  • Collaborative Dining Table
    by Heather Somerville (@hsomerville)

    This spring I worked on a team developing a new course for the Pre-Health Sciences Program. Our group primarily worked through shared documents and Microsoft Teams. In my image, I used multiple tables to represent the process of sharing through this PLN. In the early stages, Trish and I communicated in-person or over Teams/Email to more… »

  • The Indigenous Collaborative Dining Table
    by Shawn Luo (@sluo)

    “The Indigenous Collaborative Dining Table” illustrates our collaborative effort focused on integrating Indigenous Ways of Knowing into the nursing curriculum utilizing a dual-mode communication approach, combining Teams meetings for real-time interactions and emails for asynchronous exchanges. While successful in fostering dialogues, potential gaps and challenges were identified.

  • College Program Re-Design By a Program Coordinator
    by Nathan Abourbih (@nathan.abourbih)

    My dining table represents my professional collaborations as a Program Coordinator tasked with redesigning one of our college programs. It includes the Chair of the Program, the College Teaching and Learning Hub, Fellow Faculty Members, and our Program Advisory Committee.

  • The Collaborative Dining Table
    by Mehrdad Kashefi (@Mehrdad Kashefi)

    Please see the attached file.

    4 Resources for this Activity

    • Dining with a Collaborator
      shared by Christopher Rowe (@ChristopherRowe)

      I’m not in the habit of sharing much on social media, so I find this makes me a little uncomfortable. I don’t like opening the opportunity for what I communicate to be taken out of context. For this reason, I would prefer to build networks in person rather than online. I’ll try it though.

    • My Collaborative Table (Here is my example of how I collaborated over the past year.)
      shared by Jane Carr (@jscarr)

      This Table reflects great limitations that were experienced in the past year due to COVID. It does not reflect my usual collaborative experiences but it does show how our team works together on a single project (a Capstone course). My usual PLN/collaboration work begins in the time period before a semester begins. I usually attend more… »

    • My Table of Experiences
      shared by Jane Carr (@jscarr)

      For the Table exercise that reflected on this past year’s activity that offered opportunities to network, I must admit that networking was very limited this year. Normally I liaise with others in Professional Organizations such as the IEEE or the SMTA, and I attend and participate in local meet-ups. This past year I was so more… »

    • The Collaborative Dining Table – PowerPoint Template
      shared by Nathan Abourbih (@nathan.abourbih)

      This is a PowerPoint template that can be used to create a collaborative dining table image. The picture was sourced from: https://pixabay.com/photos/dining-table-dining-room-furniture-1348717/

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