Virtual Teamwork

Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2010
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-470-44994-3 (ISBN)

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Distance learning is the fastest-growing sub-sector within higher education globally. Virtual Teams focuses on ideas and success factors that can assist professors in developing successful team-building strategies and team activities in the virtual learning space.

"This book, by Robert Ubell and his excellent team of collaborators, adds an important dimension to effective teaching and learning in online environments. It addresses how interaction and collaboration online can be effectively harnessed in virtual teams. It is an important contribution to the larger field of Internet-based education."
—Frank Mayadas, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation How to create and manage highly successful teams online

With the advent of the global economy and high-speed Internet, online collaboration is fast becoming the norm in education and industry. This book takes online collaboration to the next level, showing how you can bolster online learning and business performance with the innovative use of virtual teams.

Written by a team of experts headed by online learning pioneer Robert Ubell, Virtual Teamwork covers best practices for online instruction and team learning, reveals proven techniques for managing enterprise and global virtual teams, and helps you choose the best communication tools for the job.

Educators, project managers, and anyone involved in teaching online courses or creating online programs will find a wealth of tips and techniques for building and managing successful virtual teams, including guidance for:

Integrating team instruction in the virtual classroom

Using best techniques for team interaction across borders and time zones

Structuring cost-effective, competitive projects that work

Leveraging leadership, mentoring, and conflict management in virtual teams

Conducting testing, grading, and peer- and self-assessment online

Managing corporate, global, and engineering virtual teams

Choosing the right technologies for effective collaboration

ROBERT UBELL is Vice President, Enterprise Learning, NYU Polytechnic Institute. Earlier, he launched Stevens Institute of Technology's online graduate program, winner of the Sloan Prize as the "best online learning program" in the nation. Ubell was editor of The Sciences, American Publisher of Nature, and a senior executive at leading publishers. He has written or edited five books and more than fifty scholarly articles and received grants from numerous prominent foundations. He serves on the Board of the Sloan Consortium.

Acknowledgments ix

Contributors xv

Foreword xxv
Frank Mayadas

Preface xxix
Jerry M. Hultin

Dewey Goes Online xxxiii
Robert Ubell

Part 1 Managing Virtual Teams 1

1 Building Virtual Teams 3
Edward Volchok

2 Leadership 17
Michael R. Ryan

3 Peer and Self-Assessment 45
Paul Resta and Haekyung Lee

4 Mitigating Conflict 65
Richard Dool

5 Virtual Teams in Very Small Classes 91
Elaine Lehecka Pratt

Part 2 Virtual Team Technology 111

6 Choosing Online Collaborative Tools 113
Phylise Banner, M. Katherine (Kit) Brown-Hoekstra, Brenda Huettner, and Char James-Tanny

7 Communication Technologies 137
Anu Sivunen and Maarit Valo

Part 3 Enterprise and Global Teams 159

8 Teaming across Borders 161
Richard Dool

9 Global Corporate Virtual Teams 193
Christine Uber Grosse

10 Corporate Virtual Teaming 211
Luther Tai

11 Virtual Engineering Teams 241
Doug Vogel, Michiel van Genuchten, Carol Saunders, and A.-F. Rutkowski

Index 257

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.7.2010
Vorwort	Frank Mayadas, Jerry Hultin
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 237 mm
Gewicht	443 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	0-470-44994-2 / 0470449942
ISBN-13	978-0-470-44994-3 / 9780470449943
Zustand	Neuware