Virtual Teams: Concepts and Competencies in e-Learning Course #: VC.050606 Instructor: Matt Carbone...
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Virtual Teams: Concepts and Competencies in e-Learning
Course #: VC.050606
Instructor: Matt Carbone
November 17th 2005
Virtual Course Simulation:Y75.1060 -Classroom Management and Expectation Setting in the Virtual Classroom @ NYU
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Welcome – Pre-Session Info
Please use the following to
communicate when using
Centra:
• Step out button – if you need
to leave the session
• Hand button – to raise your
hand to be called on to talk
• Check button – Agree and say
yes
• X button – disagree - say
“no”
• Laugh and clap as applicable
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Agenda – Virtual Teams
1. Basics About Virtual Teams
2. Group Breakout Activity
3. Personality types & Management Concepts
4. Review of Assignment 1
5. Overview of Assignment 2
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Basics About Virtual Teams:Purpose & Benefits - Examples
• Organization-wide projects
• Team members can be in different locations
or time zones
• Cost savings on travel
• A need to reduce time-to-market
(Modified: Source: David Gould, Ed.D. 2004)
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Basics About Virtual Teams:Types of Teams or Groups - Examples
Project or Task groups
• School/University or Business
Command groups
• Sales or SWAT Team
Friendship groups
• Online Chat
Interest groups
• Stocks, Music, TV, Movies, Sports
(Modified: Source: David Gould, Ed.D. 2004)
This course will focus on Project and Task based virtual teams
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Basics About Virtual Teams:Concepts and Competencies - Examples
Organization • Hold an initial F2F session with the team• Managing the size of the team and team member selection
Communicating• Hold periodic F2F meetings to maintain team cohesiveness
• Establish code of conduct and protocols ASAP
Collaborating• Use collaboration tools that allow for visualization - screen sharing
Group Dynamics• Building trust, integrity, commitments, roles and responsibility
• Individual differences and time zones
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Group Activity: Breakout
Groups* (Randomly selected for this activity):
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Williams Sumner Long Minneford
Mehta Greenberg Judge Metter
Rainford Ciano Flores-Overton Griffin
Boots-Ebenfeld
* Random groups will be assigned by the Centra system so you may not be in the group above.
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Group Activity:Instructions
Group Dynamics : With your assigned group (A, B, C or D) – Breakout.
Part A: Decide on a team or nickname for your group, for example, The Tuscan Beanies, The Blue Angels or keep your existing group name – let the group decide.
Part B: Briefly, describe why you selected the nickname. Did the group agree unanimously on the nickname or by majority? How did you choose the spokesperson or note taker for this activity?
5+ Minutes! – please elected a spokesperson within your group to announce the nickname for your group when we resume the class.
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Personality types and Management Concepts
Personality types:Carl Jung and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)• Extroversion (E) versus Introversion (I)
• Sensing (S) versus iNtuition (N)
• Thinking (T) versus Feeling (F)
• Judging (J) versus Perceptive (P)
Information on each of the personality types:http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/learning/styles.html
Virtual Group Management:Based on a specific project balancing a team member’s skills, knowledge and attitude helps to manage roles and responsibilities for the overall project.
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Virtual Teams: Questions
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Review of Assignment 1
Insights from Article 1: Collaborating in Cyberspace: The Dynamics of Virtual
Groups
• Ideal group size = 5 to 7 members
• Roles: leaders, participants
• Social Stages: Inception, Problem Solving, Conflict
resolution, and execution
• Frustration and Trust factors
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Review of Assignment 1
Insights from Article 2:Learning Technologists - Virtual Community Practitioners
• Group Identities: Trainers, Consultants, Support
Specialist, Project Managers
• Types of communities: Virtual Teams, Learning
communities or Community Practice
• The good, bad and the ugly – netiquette and setting the
tone
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Overview of Assignment 2
Got Milk? Got Personality?Learn about your personality type. We will be looking at the first dimension - Extroversion (E) & Introversion (I) in a future class to explore how types may assist in the balance and performance of group activities.
FREE: Personality type test:HUMANMETRICS Jung Typology Test – Click on the "Do it“ button and then the “Score it” button. http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
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Assignment 2 – Instructions
Got Milk? Got Personality?
1. Take the test - Are you ? • Extroversion (E) versus Introversion (I)
• Sensing (S) versus iNtuition (N)
• Thinking (T) versus Feeling (F)
• Judging (J) versus Perceptive (P)
2. 2-3 sentences - about your type
3. 2-3 sentences - if you agree or disagree with the
findings
E-mail me the above: 1*, 2 & 3 by the due date
* You are only required to send me your first indicator - Extrovert (E) or an Introvert (I). As an option you can send me your full personality type indicator.
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Thank you!
Questions?
If you have any questions,
please send me an e-mail.
Reminder: Check the Virtual College for updates