This page looks at Communities of Practice as Distributed Collaborative Work and asks (a) are CoPs collaborative and (b) can they be distributed? (Selected and reviwed links to papers on CoPs)
Virtual Teams are seen as project or task focused groups. Team membership may be relatively stable (e.g. in an established sales team) or change on a regular basis (e.g. in project teams). Members may be drawn from the same organization or from several di
This paper provides an overview of virtual teams in the information age, focussing on the definition of virtual teams, their salient characteristics, the communication issues they face (including information overload, geographic and social distance), th
The aim of this section of the module is to introduce (a) the background and motivation behind this move and (b) some basic concepts for understanding the type of work that can be found in this new environment.
J. Vasconcelos, and C. Kimble. Online and Distance Learning: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 5, Information Science Reference, Hershey, PA, USA, (2007)
J. Vasconcelos, and C. Kimble. Competencies in Organizational E-Learning: Concepts and Tools, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey (USA)/London (UK), July 2007.(2006)
C. Kimble, F. Li, and A. Barlow. Virtual Teams: Contemporary Insights, Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) University Press, (2004)
T. Conkar, and C. Kimble. Proceedings of 15th International Conference of the Association of Management and The International Association of Management, 15, page 86 - 90. Montreal, Canada, (1997)