Building virtual teams: experiential learning using emerging technologies

Experiential learning in teams

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Emerging technologies for learning

Emerging E-Learning Technologies

E-learning offers a tremendous amount of new features, including time and location independent studying, consolidation of a bundle of learning resources over the Internet, and presentation of e-learning content in various media types. These benefits significantly improve the effectiveness of learning for e-learning users. Hence, many institutions or organizations have already adopted or had a t...

Building Agent Teams Using an Explicit Teamwork Model and Learning

Multi-agent collaboration or teamwork and learning are two critical research challenges in a large number of multi-agent applications. These research challenges are highlighted in RoboCup, an international project focused on robotic and synthetic soccer as a common testbed for research in multi-agent systems. This article describes our approach to address these challenges, based on a team of so...

Building Effective Virtual Teams: How to Overcome the Problems of Trust and Identity in Virtual Teams

Chris Kimble Abstract This article explores some of the challenges faced when managing virtual teams, in particular the role played by trust and identity in virtual teams. It outlines why teams and virtual teams have become a valuable part of the modern organization and presents ten short case studies that illustrate the range of activities in which virtual teams can be found. Following this, t...