Many global collaborations fail because of two things one is not being prepared. Being prepared is one of the most important things to global collaboration, some objectives to being prepared are having a plan for connection, this can be achieved from the following actions using PLN and PLC to find partners in global collaboration and work out time zone differences, determine the tools you will use to connect this could be through apps like Twitter, remind, google hangouts etc. test these tools beforehand so that you can have access to these anywhere you go. Another objective to being prepared is determining how you will communicate, work with your collaborators to find ways to communicate and what tools and programs will be used also discuss what communication activities to have like synchronous meetups, asynchronous meetups, and determine the expectations for these communications.
The other reason many global collaborations fail is that these collaborations do not have a purpose some typical purposes of collaborations are as followed; cultural exchanges, inquiry, and exploration into topics, global projects, shared outcomes, and lastly artifact exchange or co-creation. These two reasons are just some of the many reasons global collaborations fail there are many other reasons but these two I feel have the most importance.
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