background: cooperative and collaborative learning approach with online programs is useful in response to rising demand for university educational system. this study evaluates the use of internet and computer in collaborative teaching and learning process for post graduate nursing students. method: this is a correlation descriptive study. the population in the study is based on census sampling ...

Collaborative teams are organizations where joint members work together to solve mutual goals. Mixed-initiative planning systems are useful tools in such situations, because they can support several common activities performed in these organizations. However, as collaborative members are involved in different decision making planning levels, they consequently require different information types...

Hierarchical coalitions are organisations whose components carry out different planning and plan execution activities at each level. One of the principal aims of knowledgebased tools for coalitions is to support such components so that they are able to work synergically together, each of them accounting for part of the planning and execution process. The use of planning assistant agents is an a...

The history of the use of informatics tools to support collaborative planning is relatively recent. Personal computer, multimedia techniques and the web provided useful technology for the purposes of collaborative processes. Following the advent of Web 2.0, the wide diffusion of electronic devices containing geo-referenced information have resulted in the production of extensive spatial data. T...

The use of 4D simulations within the construction field is growing, however, its application when carrying out true collaborative planning has not yet been fully realised. It is postulated that 4D models are currently utilised as a planning review tool, rather than integral to the initial construction planning process and do not fully support multidisciplinary collaborative construction plannin...

This article presents a personal review by the author of Collaborative Planning: Shaping Places in Fragmented Societies, published in 1997. It explains how the book came to be written and makes some comments on the various criticisms it has attracted. The first section introduces key experiences that fed into the book followed by a brief summary of the key ideas that underpin its arguments. In ...