Enhancing Geographically Distributed Collaboration in Central New York Through Campus Community Partnerships
Derrick L. Cogburn, associate professor at the iSchool and director of the Center for Research on Collaboratories and Technology Enhanced Learning Communities at Syracuse University, has been awarded an Enitiative grant for course development.
The course focuses on the theory and practice of socio-technical infrastructure to support virtual teams and organizations and takes an entrepreneurial approach to understanding geographically distributed collaboration in diverse public, private, and community-based contexts. The course will involve lecture, discussion, role-playing, and hands on lab sessions, as well as virtual and physical field trips to visit organizations. Students will also develop plans to implement a strategy to enhance geographically distributed collaboration in local organizations.