Group work is something all of my Kogod peers know far too much about. It seems nearly every class we have in Kogod incorporates group work. Group work while at times can be fun and rewarding at many other times seems to be simply put into syllabi by teachers to take up our time.
Most groups I have been apart of incorporate a mix of face-to-face meetings and online collaboration. Many times we'll get together and split up work and than collaborate it via e-mail or google docs.
Virtual collaboration is a novel concept but I believe it should be used as a complement to in-person group work not to replace it. Nothing can substitute face-to-face meetings where group members get to know each other and can share ideas. By doing everything virtually much is lost. I believe much of the best collaboration is done at face-to-face meetings. I have a lot of trouble imagining working in a group where we never meet in person. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I believe at least meeting in person a few times is the best method and by doing everything virtually much would be lost.
Until next week!
JC
Slice n dice, couldnt agree more with your post...virtual collaborations should be a secondary tool to face to face meetings because there is not enough trust and i think it makes more difficult to work successfully.
ReplyDeleteI just finished my post (a little late) and I think you said nearly exactly what I did. Let's raise our glasses (in person) to being old-fashioned.
ReplyDeletevirtual collaboration... I think it is good but I think it is a substitude of real meeting :)
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