This does not mean that the teacher s role is passive. There are many software packages and tools for videoconferencing and chat sessions. This program is free and is distributed with Internet Explorer 4. Chat sessions are written communications and all the texts produced can be saved. If the audio does not work well, you can use chat and video.
Collaboration is the work done by the participants.
They can both use a program like Word or Excel and create a document or a spreadsheet, etc. The best way to learn a language is through interaction with native speakers, real interaction, using real language in real communication situations. On the contrary, interaction supposes emotion, creativity, agreement and disagreement, waiting for a word to come to you, gestures, signs, sighs, etc. Unfortunately, in the school context the opportunities for establishing real interaction are not abundant. On the one hand, perhaps we do not have native speakers available or we do not know very well how to organise interaction with them in the school.