Abstract

Two graduate classes, from different academic programs, were brought together to work collaboratively on the design and development of a Web-Based Training project. The projects were problem-based and derived from students' workplace situations. The classes were supported by a course management system that provided supplemental instruction, communication and file-sharing capabilities, as well as access to common resources and instructor guidance and feedback. Students met with their instructors weekly, and met for an hour of each class with their teams. They continued the team discourse via message boards, chats, and electronically shared documents, all within the course management system. This paper describes this experience and the impact the computer-supported learning environment had on the quality of student projects and recounts some of the stumbling blocks and successes.

Citation

Williams, B. & Williams, V. (2002). Web-Assisted Projects: Collaborative Learning in an Electronic Environment. In M. Driscoll & T. Reeves (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2002--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 2397-2399). Montreal, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved December 16, 2019 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/9803/.

© 2002 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Keywords

• course management system
• Instructional Design
• Learning Management Systems
• Training