[Year 12 IPM] U3O2 Virtual Teams

[Keith Richardson]

Margaret - I like your thoughts on "hoarding" - that is where Moodle
wiki, forum, resource sharing, blog etc can be so valuable - especially
where what you employ is searchable.
Keith




On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:46:38 +1100 (EST),
margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net said:
> Joyce
> 
> My 2cents worth ...
> 
> I think that you need to ask yourself whether email helps or hinders
> knowledge sharing and collaboration. One of the biggest problem that
> knowledge management have is people hording organisational knowledge in
> their personal drives and email boxes. Email is certainly not the best
> way
> to handle knowledge.
> 
> The task asks students to critically analyse the tools available for
> doing
> these tasks. So students need to have an understanding of the issues
> surrounding knowledge management and collaboration online and the
> software
> environemnts that help or hider these activities.
> 
> When I get some more energy I will write up my ideas .... home is
> beconing!
> 
> Margaret
> 
> > Dear All
> >
> > I am reading with interest everyone's comments on U302 -
> > collaborative problem solving within virtual teams and am wondering
> > if I may be over-simplifying this outcome task
> >
> > Going by the detailed example in the study design p. 69-70 we are
> > given the scenario of university located on one
> > "large campus", whereby management has recently formed as one of
> > their key objectives to "strengthen current strategic collaborations
> > and forge new alliances that will create new knowledge ..."
> >
> > The task is then:
> >
> > "design and create a prototype website for Sherwood University that
> > will enable various virtual teams ... to realise their goals and to
> > enhance decision making, knowledge sharing and collaborative problem
> > solving"
> >
> > Couldn't simply having an email link solve this problem - yes you
> > would use wikis, blogs, forums, webcasts, and every other "sexy"
> > tool
> > - however I can communicate virtually via email to people with the
> > same interest (teams)
> >
> > Really, isn't that what I am doing right now - sending an email to a
> > group of people with a common interest and goal and sharing
> > information and receiving information in a collaborative environment
> >
> >
> > Just my thoughts
> >
> > Cheers
> > Joyce Tabone
> > Aitken College
> >
> >
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