TY - GEN
T1 - Incorporating distributed teamwork and collaborative technology into MIS curriculum
AU - Chen, Fang
AU - Gardiner, Stanley C.
AU - Morelli, Frank S.
AU - Corbitt, Gail
AU - Sager, James
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Faced with increased use of distributed project teams in industry, MIS students need to be trained to improve their awareness of and competence in distributed teamwork. This paper describes a curriculum initiative to incorporate distributed teamwork and collaborative technologies into software development and implementation projects for MIS students. There were two stages in the study; the first stage investigated co-located teams that engaged in project subtasks in a distributed format. The second stage investigated real distributed teams that engaged in a fully distributed project. Our study indicates that students increased their capacity to work in a distributed situation by using collaboration technologies. As instructors, we also learned ways to design and more effectively teach this type of class.
AB - Faced with increased use of distributed project teams in industry, MIS students need to be trained to improve their awareness of and competence in distributed teamwork. This paper describes a curriculum initiative to incorporate distributed teamwork and collaborative technologies into software development and implementation projects for MIS students. There were two stages in the study; the first stage investigated co-located teams that engaged in project subtasks in a distributed format. The second stage investigated real distributed teams that engaged in a fully distributed project. Our study indicates that students increased their capacity to work in a distributed situation by using collaboration technologies. As instructors, we also learned ways to design and more effectively teach this type of class.
KW - Awareness of distributed teamwork
KW - Collaboration technology
KW - Competence in distributed teamwork
KW - Distributed projects
KW - Distributed teamwork
KW - Training in distributed teamwork
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84869783610
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869783610
SN - 9781604235531
T3 - Association for Information Systems - 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2005: A Conference on a Human Scale
SP - 1859
EP - 1866
BT - Association for Information Systems - 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2005
T2 - 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2005
Y2 - 11 August 2005 through 15 August 2005
ER -