tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18223796.post3810240506440329915..comments2024-03-27T07:30:49.184+01:00Comments on The learning & technology blog: Pathways into working in virtual teamsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18223796.post-70277477067967316112008-09-20T14:14:00.000+02:002008-09-20T14:14:00.000+02:00Thanks Joitske!Maybe I can add a couple of ideas?O...Thanks Joitske!<BR/>Maybe I can add a couple of ideas?<BR/>One is that working in virtual teams like this seems to be much easier if you have also had the opportunity of a couple of face-to-face meetings as well (as we have had). This gives you the opportunity to get to know the person a little as well - after this the interaction online becomes a little more 'human'. Of course this is not always possible, but I think it can create a stronger sense of human engagement and interaction (slight distraction here as breaking news comes in that our President (Mbeki) has been fired).<BR/>Another learning for me is that it is possible to do exciting work online - yesterday for example we have a 3-way skype conference call that we document simultaneously on skype chat (giving us a record of the conversation for later), while also checking our diaries and working on a shared Google document at the same time. This creates the potential for real interactive engagement and a sense of creating our work together.<BR/>While interviewing Scott yesterday for the IKM research we are doing (on evaluating knowledge management strategies) I also shared with him some of these online ways of working, which he will now also take into his RENEWAL network - a good example of how asking questions in itself can be a useful intervention into a system!Mark Turpinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17555820210517819110noreply@blogger.com