Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: As distance education becomes increasingly popular, instructors and administrators are working hard to improve students' online learning experience. Although, the dynamics of online learning experiences in an educational setting have been well studied, the use of virtual teams presents a set of problems in relation to how physical, temporal and social separation of learners affect learners' learning processes. This paper is a case study reporting an action research project investigating the experiences of using virtual teams in a new Organisational Psychology unit at a regional Australian university. Online group challenges were identified with potential solutions to these challenges trialed during the action research cycle.
Source: RUNE (Research UNE)
Authors: Jennifer Loh, Robyn Smyth
Institutions: University of New England, University of New England
Language: English
Topic: Online and Blended Learning
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2134515057