How do you define collaboration?

Based on Chisholm's reading I found that when it comes to collaborative projects there can be four major problems that arise. There is resistance, inexperience, friction, and fairness. I think that I define collaboration as working together with peers in a group to bring together other ideas and create one final project as an outcome. I think that Chisholm was right on when he talked about the major problems that usually occur in group projects. Most people hear group project and they hate it, especially if they can't pick their group members. Some people don't think group projects are a priority and resist to do the work until the end. There are usually some problems that occur, and it is hard to get together with people all at the same time. Dividing up the work is also another major problem. Who gets to decide what is fair and what everyone should be doing? Then if they do the work and the other group members don't think it's very good they are usually stuck with the consequences when they get their grade back. 

I think that co-authoring is when two authors work together from two different locations to put together a piece of writing. They are not necessarily sitting in the same room and working together. In the past I have had my fair share at group projects. I kind of hate them because it makes me think that I have to spend more time outside the class itself to get together and work on a project. Most of the time I'd rather do the work alone or work with one partner. Working together can be messy sometimes because people work at their own pace and everyone has different schedules. As a future teacher, however, I do think that group projects are an important part of education and help students deal with social situations and collaborate their ideas together to come up with some work they could not have done on their own.