links for 2009-10-02

• Learning in Virtual Teams: A summary of current literature
  Learning in Virtual Teams: A summary of current literature
  Regina O. Smith
  The Issue/Problem
  The arrival of the Internet and other communication technologies has afforded organizations opportunities to adopt virtual teams that transcend time, space, cultures and organizations (Robey, Koo, & Powers, 2000). “Virtual teams” are becoming more and more commonplace in the workplace and in educational settings. However, research on these kinds of collaborations is uneven – quite a bit of research has addressed the technology behind the communication, yet, research on what participants learn as well as their learning experience has lagged behind. Additionally, a lot of the original research on learning in online environments is of such “questionable” quality that it “renders many of the findings inclusive” (Blumenstyk & McCollum, 1999; pg. 2). In this paper, I seek to fill that gap by summarizing what the literature to date reveals about learning and the learning experience of virtual tea
  (tags: collaboration virtualteams)
• The Future of Virtual Teams: Collaboration in 3D Web