Publication:
Proceedings of the AISHE International Conference Series (AISHE-C 2009);
Publication type:
Conference Object
Abstract:
As virtual teams become more common in the workplace, a growing body of research has examined the factors critical to their success. Many studies have focused on practitioners or on students in business programs. This paper examines virtual team collaboration among technical communication students at the University of Limerick (UL) and at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Florida, USA. The paper describes the projects we have run, the technologies we have used, and the challenges and rewards of the experience for both students and teachers.
Global virtual teams provide numerous benefits for corporations employing virtual organizational forms and for individual teams and team members. However, virtual collaboration also presents some well-recognized challenges. ...
Slattery, Darina M.; Cleary, Yvonne(Aarhus Universitet * School of Business and Social Sciences, 2013)
In this article, we introduce two programmes in technical communication (one distance, and one on-campus) offered by the University of Limerick. Both programmes have been running for several years, but are regularly reviewed ...
Slattery, Darina M.; Cleary, Yvonne(IEEE Computer Society, 2017)
During the past few decades, increased use
of information and communication technologies has
led to educational innovations such as synchronous
and asynchronous online collaboration tools and
learning management systems. ...
This article reports on a qualitative study of strategies and competencies used by technical communication and translation students to address challenges inherent in global virtual team collaboration. The study involved ...
Cleary, Yvonne; Slattery, Darina M.(Society for Technical Communication, 2016)
Much of the content produced by technical communicators and content developers will later be translated for users from other cultures. For example, instruction manuals, web sites, e-learning courses, software tools and ...
