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- Title
Learning in Virtual Groups: Identifying Key Aspects of a Course Management System Affecting Teamwork in an IT Training Course.
- Authors
Yin, L. Roger; Lien, Nancy; Werner, Jon M.
- Abstract
In this study, we investigated the evolving nature of e-learning in a group setting via Blackboard, a widely adopted educational groupware, or course management system (CMS). End users were questioned concerning how they perceived key aspects of using Blackboard affected the collaboration of their group work in a graduate class. Similar to the way that business groupware blossomed in client-server networked environments in the 1990s, CMSs have become increasingly popular in online postsecondary education and corporate training settings in the Internet-enhanced environment of the past decade (Noe, 2008). Like business groupware, CMSs have advantages that extend beyond the traditional classroom. Subjects were 120 graduate students utilizing Blackboard in an IT training course at a Midwestern university. We collected their perceptions concerning the use of this technological tool and its potential effect on their group work in that course. Using a Q-Sort methodology, six important aspects of course management systems were identified by students: (a) information storage, (b) information sharing, (c) interaction, (d) productivity, (e) security, and (f) learning/training outcomes. Technology-enhanced, group-based communication and learning will continue to increase in both business training and professional education. To be successful, however, resource allocation must be carefully planned and implemented in online education and training with a progressive vision to develop human potential.
- Subjects
MOBILE learning; CURRICULUM research; INFORMATION technology research; GROUPWARE (Computer software); BUSINESS schools
- Publication
Information Technology, Learning & Performance Journal, 2009, Vol 25, Issue 2, p30
- ISSN
1535-1556
- Publication type
Article