[Year 12 IPM] U3O2 Virtual Teams

[Keith Richardson]

Skype has enabled some of the virtual teams I work in to be fast,
efficient and effective, but it is real-time. One also needs
a-synchronous tools too.
Keith


On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:30:47 +1100, "Mark Kelly"
<kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> said:
> Yes, but is email a complete solution?  It's certainly relevant and 
> important, but can it achieve everything a virtual team needs?
> 
> I ask myself (as 3:30 comes and I have to drag myself to a curriculum 
> meeting) why I'm dragging myself to a meeting.  Why couldn't it be done 
> by email?  If you can work that out, you may start to see where email's 
> limitations begin.
> 
> 2.2 cents' worth (GST inc)
> 
> Off to curriculum.  VELS again.
> 
> Sigh........
> 
> 
> jtabone at aitkencollege.edu.au wrote:
> > 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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