A series of worthwhile, and leading, blog entries that others have written and I’m starting to link together for you: Smart Mobs quotes “Horizon Report on emerging educational technologies (of cooperation)”:
Collaboration is increasingly seen as critical across the range of educational activities, including intra- and inter-institutional activities of any size or scope. As the ways in which researchers, students and teachers can collaborate with each other increase, knowledge is becoming a community property, and the construction of knowledge is becoming a community activity. A renewed emphasis on collaborative learning is leading to an exploration of the science of gaming, context-aware environments and devices, and their application for teaching and learning.

