Teamwork is part of everyday life in most companies—but a team is only strong and effective when the conditions are right. The most important thing is being able to learn from one another. We show how collaboration can be made digital with the blink.it platform using four practical examples of digital teamwork.
Teamwork means learning from one another, even completely digitally
“Being a team player” is probably one of the most popular and important soft skills, both at school and in everyday working life. In many companies, working together on projects or tasks is part of daily routine. Teamwork involves more than just coordinating with colleagues or supervisors. Working as a group also means knowing your own strengths—and learning from and with others!
Learning is generally a big topic for companies, usually in the context of professional development. For building knowledge, blended learning has been the probably most successful method for years: The combination of online and in-person learning offers many advantages for companies in further training, such as a high transfer into everyday working life.
What does blended learning have to do with digital teamwork?
Teamwork and blended learning have a common goal: connecting independent and collaborative work in order to enable effective learning. Only then can modern learning in the workplace be implemented and lived. The basic requirement for digital collaboration is always a suitable learning platform that all team members can access and use to exchange ideas.
At blink.it, we are convinced that an online platform for blended learning only needs three very simple requirements: You can
easily (without technical prior knowledge)
create your own content (that perfectly matches your topic)
independently (without relying on third parties).
This makes it possible to map many training topics as blended learning. But it also makes blink.it an ideal platform for digital collaboration—essentially “blended teamworking”!
Role distribution in digital teamwork
In teams, it is always about role distribution—and that is also true at blink.it! In principle, there are two important roles on the blink.it platform that are relevant for the following teamworking methods:
Participants, as the name suggests, generally take part in the courses and can view content as well as leave comments on it.
Admins (administrators) can view content and, within a course, create content and release it for others.
Below, I’ll introduce our four methods for digital teamwork with blink.it and give you insights into our own methods for collaborating effectively online. With these tips, you can make teamwork in your company more digital, easier, and more productive too!
4 methods for digital teamwork (examples with blink.it)
Video minutes
Onboarding courses
Video diary
Knowledge management
Teamwork method 1: Video minutes
Joint agreements in meetings are especially important in teamwork. What matters is not only progress within your own team, but often also coordination with other teams or departments in the company. Keeping video minutes helps you access agreements at any time—or make all important information available to absent employees.
Method: We keep video minutes of our weekly team meeting. Each team reports news and important events from the past week, as well as the most important topics for the coming week. These meetings are recorded (with a laptop or tablet) and uploaded to a blink.it course. At the end, questions can be asked or clarified that are relevant not only to the team itself.
Role distribution: One person in charge takes on the organization as admin, creates a new Blink for each meeting, and uploads the video. All other employees are participants who can watch and comment on the videos.
Teamwork method 2: Onboarding courses
When new employees join a company, a department, or a team, onboarding has top priority. In addition to getting to know colleagues and supervisors, company culture, processes, and workflows are also important. In a sense, this is further training for the employee as an introduction to the new company.
Method: An experienced colleague from the new team creates a blink.it course with a short introductory and welcome video, important information for the first few days, suitable videos, links, and materials. The goal is for the new team member to find their way around quickly. In addition, the onboarding course is a source of knowledge that can be accessed at any time.
Role distribution: The experienced employee is the admin, so they can create, change, and release content. The new employee is a participant and can raise questions or ideas directly in person at the workplace.
Tip: At the beginning of my time at blink.it, I wrote a detailed article about my personal experiences with blended onboarding.
Teamwork method 3: Video diary
In addition to images, links, and documents, blink.it offers the possibility to upload videos quickly and conveniently, for example from a smartphone or tablet. This makes it possible to keep video diaries. In short videos, project progress can be recorded for all employees, for example.
Method: We use video diaries mainly as a supplement to onboarding courses during the first period for new employees. To reflect on new knowledge and document progress, each new employee records a short selfie video with their own smartphone after each workday for the first two weeks (maximum 2 minutes long). The video is uploaded and made available to all employees.
Role distribution: Here the roles are reversed! The new employee becomes the admin and uploads the content. Colleagues and supervisors are participants and can add tips, praise, and ideas as comments.
Example: Here you can see an excerpt from my video diary (Laura) and my colleague Jessi, as well as direct feedback from blink.it founder Konstantin.
Teamwork method 4: Knowledge management
For both new employees and teams that have been around for longer, a central knowledge collection is a help in everyday work. Whether it is instructions for a specific process, how to operate a rarely used device, or a collection of links to helpful texts: all of this can be collected in a blink.it course as a knowledge base.
In the blink.it team: Small knowledge bases for individual teams often grow out of onboarding courses. These are supplemented by all team members during onboarding and then used again and again. But also targeted courses for important knowledge, such as a course on data protection, are available to all employees at any time.
Role distribution: Here, all team members can take on the maintenance and expansion of the course as admins and thus build up their pool of knowledge together. No one remains merely a participant; everyone works on equal footing.
Example: This is what an internal course with knowledge for all employees at blink.it looks like. This course serves as training and a reference work on the topic of data protection.
Conclusion: Methods of digital teamwork on four levels
The combination of online courses and direct collaboration has proven itself not only for training, but also in day-to-day cooperation in teams or departments.
A blink.it course can be used on various levels to improve teamwork:
As a video log for important meetings and information.
As an onboarding course for new team members.
As a video diary for reflection and project support.
As a knowledge base for individual teams.
Here, each team member sometimes takes on responsibility and sometimes is a participant. Everyone can contribute themselves, their ideas, and their knowledge. In the spirit of digital teamwork: Everyone together helps create something bigger and new for the company.
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
How does digital teamwork work in everyday working life?
Digital teamwork works best when all team members collaborate via a central platform. There, content can be shared, tasks coordinated, and feedback given. This creates a shared workspace in which information is available at any time and collaboration becomes possible regardless of place and time.
Which methods are especially suitable for digital collaboration in teams?
Proven methods include video minutes for meetings, onboarding courses for new employees, video diaries for reflecting on projects, and central knowledge databases. These formats help make knowledge transparent and structure collaboration more effectively.
What role does a learning platform play in digital teamwork?
A learning platform forms the foundation for digital collaboration. It bundles content, communication, and learning processes in one place. This makes teamwork clearer, information is not lost, and everyone involved has access to the same level of knowledge.
Why is role distribution especially important in digital teams?
Clear roles ensure that tasks are carried out efficiently. When it is defined who creates, organizes, or comments on content, there are fewer misunderstandings. At the same time, flexible role distribution can help ensure that all team members are actively involved in knowledge sharing.
Updated on 04/28/2026
