Cardiff edu. Per Christiansson Sept 9,1999

SEMESTER 6 EXPERIENCE


  • students and teachers are not all familiar with the possibilities IT -supported collaboration provides (e.g. groups continuously documenting project progress, teachers using the student project web to follow progress),

  • guided exercises are important for students learning by doing in small steps

  • teachers must be highly accessible tutors and problem solvers especially during project kick-off and to make injections when group activities fade (search the problems). This poses special problem in a highly physically distributed environment,

  • some groups want to have intranets only available for the group (they see a risk for improper result spread before the project is ready),

  • the internet provides good opportunities for active search for knowledge and background information to generate ideas during the early project phases,

  • discussion forums will not be used unless actively triggered by tutors.