Learn to use and use to learn: Technology in virtual collaboration experience
ARTICLE
Elena Karpova, Ana-Paula Correia, Evrim Baran
Internet and Higher Education Volume 12, Number 1, ISSN 1096-7516 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
This study examined how global learning teams utilized technology in a virtual collaboration to solve complex problems. The study offers an in-depth explanation of why and how the learning teams used technology to support computer-mediated communication. A model of technology application at different stages of virtual collaborative process is proposed. The model can be used to maximize potential of global teams and facilitate further integration of virtual collaboration into university curricula. Time difference and lack of nonverbal cues were identified as challenges the global teams faced. The benefits of virtual collaboration were the opportunities to: learn how to use technology in a meaningful way; practice using technology to solve problems; and broaden one's perspective by communicating with people from different cultures.
Citation
Karpova, E., Correia, A.P. & Baran, E. (2009). Learn to use and use to learn: Technology in virtual collaboration experience. Internet and Higher Education, 12(1), 45-52. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/105503/.
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Full text is availabe on Science Direct: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2008.10.006Keywords
- College Curriculum
- computer mediated communication
- Computer Uses in Education
- computer-mediated communication
- Cooperation
- educational technology
- electronic learning
- Global team
- Intercultural Communication
- internet
- learning strategies
- models
- problem solving
- teamwork
- technology
- technology integration
- virtual collaboration
- Web Based Instruction
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