Mobile collaboration has significantly revoluntionized the collaborative learning and reshaped the roles of both learning designers and learners.

Without the web and mobile technologies, traditional workplace collaboration takes place through face-to-face interactions, such as group discussions, team-based activities and training workshops, which require physical presence and coordination, both flexibility and accessibility are limited.

With the advent of web technologies, new forms of collaboration emerged, which was primarily through emails, bulletin boards. However, it is still limited to asynchronous communication, and individual contributions rather than group interactions (Lee & Bonk, 2014)

"Any time", "Any Where" is possible now

The development of mobile technologies has expanded the possibilities for collaborative learning. Mobile collaboration allows employees to participate in virtual group learning tasks, real-time discussions, co-create content using mobile apps, interact with trainers during face-to-face workshops via mobile applications. Learners nowaday can share their idea, exchange their knowledge and give instant feedback through mobile collaboration tools. It happens beyond physical classrooms.

This shift marks a transformation from traditional in-person collaboration to digital co-creation, where learning is increasingly real-time, learner-centered and interactive.