Virtual Teamwork (eBook)

Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration

Robert Ubell (Herausgeber)

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2010 | 1. Auflage
268 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-02406-5 (ISBN)

Infos

"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

Autor

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.

Inhalt

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

Rezensionen

"Based on best practices generated over the last decade, Virtual
Teams reveals how to manage teams successfully, with chapters on
how to build intimate virtual relationships and how to communicate
creatively online." (Certification Magazine, 1 May 2011)



"This collection of expert perspectives, edited by
enterprising-learning professor Robert Ubell, offers a practical
guide to virtual teamwork". (Nature, 23 December 2010)

"This work is for educators, project managers, and anyone else
involved in teaching online courses or creating online programs. It
describes best practices for online instruction and team learning,
and offers advice for managing enterprises and building global
virtual teams. Contributors come from backgrounds in instructional
design, instructional technology, international documentation,
training, information systems, and leadership." (Book News
Inc, November 2010)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.12.2010
• Vorwort: Frank Mayadas, Jerry Hultin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
• Schlagworte: Bildungswesen • Business & Management • Chemie • Chemistry • Education • Management f. Teams • Management / Teams • Onlinestudium • Online Teaching and Learning • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 1-118-02406-0 / 1118024060
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-02406-5 / 9781118024065