Harold,

I am curious how you have came to the distinction you make between cooperation and collaboration. I ask because I have known others in the field of adult learning who have used the term "collaboration" and "cooperation" interchangeably, and some that view collaboration as a more complex variant of cooperation. Both definitions are derived from root words that reflect working together, so there is not much of a distinction in the dictionary. So please say more about how you have arrived at this distinction.