Chapter 1: Collective Intelligence Online Experiments: A Learning Method and Its Pedagogical Applications Through Online Collaborative Work Platforms

Collective intelligence is a novel construct which posits that a large number of people can work together to come up with better answers to various problems in less time than would be spent individually or in groups. Based on this premise, the University Institute for Biocomputing and Complex Systems Physics Research (BIFI) of the University of Zaragoza and the company Kampal Data Solutions created the collective intelligence platform named ‘Collective Learning.’ This chapter presents the various experiments that have been carried out in the educational field with this platform, and it highlights how the results obtained have enhanced our knowledge about the generation of collective intelligence and its impact on the possible learning of digital skills and online risk management competencies by the participating students.