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Title:
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STILL GOING GLOBAL, LOCALLY: THE IMPACT OF TEAM MODE IN A DISTRIBUTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT |
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Author(s):
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Derrick L. Cogburn , Lingling Zhang |
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ISBN:
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ISSN: 1645-7641 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2003 |
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Edition:
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V I, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Distance learning, global virtual teams, distributed collaboration, trust. |
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Type:
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Journal Paper |
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First Page:
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1 |
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Last Page:
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17 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper presents analysis of a thirteen week quasi-experimental field study of a distributed graduate
seminar, consisting of 35 post-graduate students from four research universities, two in the United States
and two in South Africa. In this study, we are particularly interested in the impact of team mode on
student satisfaction and performance in this collaborative learning environment. Seminar participants
were randomly divided into FTF and Distributed teams, and baseline data collected from participant
surveys and introductory presentations. Using a suite of commercially-available rich-media web-based
CMC tools, these teams met weekly for a synchronous three-hour graduate seminar where they
completed a series of unstructured strategy and decision-making tasks related to globalization and
information society development. Additional quantitative and qualitative data were collected from midterm
and final participant surveys and final narrative evaluation essays. The most important finding was
that FTF teams and Distributed teams did not exhibit significant differences in terms of participants
satisfaction and cohesion. |
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