How can collaborative digital tools help students achieve their objectives?

Collaborative digital tools are a great way for students to interact with their teachers, and for students to interact with students too as collaborative learning in itself is a great way for individuals to absorb information, and to learn from others.

If we think about real-life as oppose to digital learning, debates and discussions fuel the mind to think deeply about any given topic. It allows people to argue strongly for what they believe in which really helps every person present to understand both sides of a story, both sides of a topic say. Debating and discussions are key to learning in a lot of subjects whether at university level or school - for example politics, ethics or even English Literature.

Therefore in the digital age, where people are taking part in e-learning, be it a simple lesson or a whole course - surely it is important that multiple students, or students and a teacher can be connected and debate/discuss/learn at the same time.