Title :
Using the WWW to support Project-Team formation
Author :
Hong, Jack ; Leifer, Larry
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
A team-based mechanical engineering design course at Stanford University has been expanded to include a new set of students attending remotely from industry. Because this class is centered on collaborative team experiences, it requires a degree of interactivity beyond what can be provided by periodic lecture transmissions. The World-Wide Web has been adopted as an artificial backbone in service of social exchange, and its use in facilitating project-team formation is examined. Once the technological hurdle is overcome, socio-cultural differences between the university environment and workplace emerge as main barriers to successful peer-interaction
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; groupware; mechanical engineering; mechanical engineering computing; project management; World-Wide Web; collaborative team experiences; interactivity; peer-interaction; periodic lecture transmissions; project-team formation; social exchange; socio-cultural differences; team-based mechanical engineering design course; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Design engineering; Lifting equipment; Mechanical engineering; Mechatronics; Spine; TV; Watches; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1995. Proceedings., 1995
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3022-6
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1995.483079
