Student team virtuality: examining student experiences and outcomes
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Paper/Presentation Title | Student team virtuality: examining student experiences and outcomes |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Sargent, Leisa (Author), Kavanagh, Marie (Author), Caspersz, Donella (Author), Chia, Austin (Author) and Levak, Natasha (Author) |
Editors | Chen, Ming-Jer |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 71st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management |
ERA Conference ID | 50237 |
Number of Pages | 26 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | New York, NY. United States |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://annualmeeting.aomonline.org/2011/ |
Conference/Event | Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting: West Meets East: Enlightening, Balancing, Transcending |
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management | |
Event Details | Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting: West Meets East: Enlightening, Balancing, Transcending Event Date 12 to end of 16 Aug 2011 Event Location San Antonio, United States |
Event Details | Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management AoM Meeting of Academy of Management |
Abstract | Web 2.0 embraces a range of technologies. This paper seeks to examine the blended experiences of a cohort of undergraduate student’s (N=355) in their use of face-to-face and virtual tools to complete a team project. The paper extends the work of Kirkman and Mathieu’s (2005) dimensions of virtuality by examining synchronous, asynchronous and social media technologies, perceived information richness and use of virtuality to better understand the appeal of these technologies in terms of student diversity and student outcomes (assessed as team productivity and learning). The findings suggest that students with english as a first language use technologies differently to those for whom english is a second language. Females as compared to males find virtual tools a richer media. The qualitative findings reveal that students like using wikis because it provides a common technology platform, provides transparency of member contributions, allows structured knowledge sharing and collaboration and for some it was convenient. The findings also showed that some technologies were positively associated with team productivity and learning (e.g., social media) and that face-to-face interaction is still important to student outcomes. |
Keywords | team virtuality; student outcomes; social media; Wiki; synchronicity; asynchronicity |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 460806. Human-computer interaction |
390405. Educational technology and computing | |
359999. Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified | |
Byline Affiliations | University of Melbourne |
School of Accounting, Economics and Finance | |
University of Western Australia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1496/student-team-virtuality-examining-student-experiences-and-outcomes
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