Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Monday, July 02, 2001

http://www.distance-educator.com/dnews.php4?action=detail&id=4459

Making Cyberspace Collaboration In Science, Medicine, Education, And Business Succeed: Researchers Offer Insights

Source: University of Michigan

As research, commerce and industry become increasingly global endeavors, the need to collaborate effectively has never been greater. And as the technology that allows collaboration over distance and time improves, the "collaboratory"---a virtual center where people in different locations work together as easily as if they were all in the same place---is gaining appeal in science and education, as well as business and industry. So much so that funding agencies such as National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health have taken note and are encouraging grantees to form collaboratories....

 



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