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"This book, by Robert Ubell and his excellent team of collaborators, adds an important dimension to effective teaching and learning in online environments. It addresses how interaction and collaboration online can be effectively harnessed in virtual teams. It is an important contribution to the larger field of Internet-based education."
?Frank Mayadas, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

How to create and manage highly successful teams online

With the advent of the global economy and high-speed Internet, online collaboration is fast becoming the norm in education and industry. This book takes online collaboration to the next level, showing how you can bolster online learning and business performance with the innovative use of virtual teams.

Written by a team of experts headed by online learning pioneer Robert Ubell, Virtual Teamwork covers best practices for online instruction and team learning, reveals proven techniques for managing enterprise and global virtual teams, and helps you choose the best communication tools for the job.

Educators, project managers, and anyone involved in teaching online courses or creating online programs will find a wealth of tips and techniques for building and managing successful virtual teams, including guidance for:

• Integrating team instruction in the virtual classroom

• Using best techniques for team interaction across borders and time zones

• Structuring cost-effective, competitive projects that work

• Leveraging leadership, mentoring, and conflict management in virtual teams

• Conducting testing, grading, and peer- and self-assessment online

• Managing corporate, global, and engineering virtual teams

• Choosing the right technologies for effective collaboration

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How to create and manage highly successful teams online

With the advent of the global economy and high-speed Internet, online collaboration is fast becoming the norm in education and industry. This book takes online collaboration to the next level, showing how you can bolster online learning and business performance with the innovative use of virtual teams.

Written by a team of experts headed by online learning pioneer Robert Ubell, Virtual Teamwork covers best practices for online instruction and team learning, reveals proven techniques for managing enterprise and global virtual teams, and helps you choose the best communication tools for the job.

Educators, project managers, and anyone involved in teaching online courses or creating online programs will find a wealth of tips and techniques for building and managing successful virtual teams, including guidance for:

• Integrating team instruction in the virtual classroom

• Using best techniques for team interaction across borders and time zones

• Structuring cost-effective, competitive projects that work

• Leveraging leadership, mentoring, and conflict management in virtual teams

• Conducting testing, grading, and peer- and self-assessment online

• Managing corporate, global, and engineering virtual teams

• Choosing the right technologies for effective collaboration

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Acknowledgments ix
 
Contributors xv
 
Foreword xxv
Frank Mayadas
 
Preface xxix
Jerry M. Hultin
 
Dewey Goes Online xxxiii
Robert Ubell
 
Part 1 Managing Virtual Teams 1
 
1 Building Virtual Teams 3
Edward Volchok
 
2 Leadership 17
Michael R. Ryan
 
3 Peer and Self-Assessment 45
Paul Resta and Haekyung Lee
 
4 Mitigating Conflict 65
Richard Dool
 
5 Virtual Teams in Very Small Classes 91
Elaine Lehecka Pratt
 
Part 2 Virtual Team Technology 111
 
6 Choosing Online Collaborative Tools 113
Phylise Banner, M. Katherine (Kit) Brown-Hoekstra, Brenda Huettner, and Char James-Tanny
 
7 Communication Technologies 137
Anu Sivunen and Maarit Valo
 
Part 3 Enterprise and Global Teams 159
 
8 Teaming across Borders 161
Richard Dool
 
9 Global Corporate Virtual Teams 193
Christine Uber Grosse
 
10 Corporate Virtual Teaming 211
Luther Tai
 
11 Virtual Engineering Teams 241
Doug Vogel, Michiel van Genuchten, Carol Saunders, and A.-F. Rutkowski
 
Index 257

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