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The student experience of working in teams online

Goold, Annegret, Craig, Annemieke and Coldwell, Jo 2008, The student experience of working in teams online, in ASCILITE 2008 : Hello! Where are you in the landscape of educational technology? : Proceedings of ASCILITE 2008, Deakin University, Melbourne, Vic..

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Title The student experience of working in teams online
Author(s) Goold, Annegret
Craig, Annemieke
Coldwell, Jo
Conference name Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Conference (25th : 2008 : Melbourne, Vic.)
Conference location Melbourne, Vic.
Conference dates 30 November - 3rd December 2008
Title of proceedings ASCILITE 2008 : Hello! Where are you in the landscape of educational technology? : Proceedings of ASCILITE 2008
Editor(s) Atkinson, Roger
McBeath, Clare
Publication date 2008
Conference series Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Conference
Publisher Deakin University
Place of publication Melbourne, Vic.
Keyword(s) student groups
student teams
online groups
online teams
group work
team work
virtual teams
Summary The research reported here is part of a project undertaken at a large Australian university in late 2005. The overall aim of the project was to identify the characteristics of student learning in an online environment. A university-wide student survey was conducted to ascertain student views of online learning and also of online teaching as part of the project. In the survey students were asked questions about their experiences of team work in online environments. The student perceptions of teams and team work are the focus of this paper.

The findings from the survey indicated that students appreciated the opportunity of working in diverse teams. They supported the view that their opinions were valued in such teams. Student views of how teaching should be conducted in units with online teams were also expressed. Concerns about team interactions, technological barriers and communication and cultural issues were also raised. The implications for teaching with online student teams are presented and discussed.
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Language eng
Field of Research 089999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 930199 Learner and Learning not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed
ERA Research output type E Conference publication
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30018184
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