Overview

Cyber Teaming for Life Sciences is a professional development seminar in the techniques and tools of problem solving and collaboration in cyberspace. The seminar presents a strategic problem solving process used by teams that may be geographically dispersed by short or great distances.  Cyber Teaming is a new technology assisted work paradigm designed to serve a global economy. Workers can be fully competent in both the technology and the process of such a collaborative and economic approach.

Purpose

To develop and interact with shared resources in a dynamic cooperative manner is called for by scientists and workers in life science industries and labs. The same approach benefits life science educators and their students. Cyber Teaming for Life Sciences was developed by the 3E Institute and sponsored by the Delaware Valley Innovation Network.  This seminar curriculum is designed to improve the effectiveness of virtual team facilitators in the contexts of realistic life science scenarios.

Participants will develop a working knowledge of online communication and collaboration. During the seminar, realistic scenarios are used as hands on examples to demonstrate effective management of a virtual project team, building consensus and communicating ideas, and developing solutions to shared goals.

The essence of an effective online collaborative environment is the integration of many web components within a clearly defined framework. The seminar synthesizes Web 2.0 tools for use within a virtual team environment.

COMMUNICATION	COLLABORATION
Presentation Skills	SMARTER Goals and Objectives
Web Conferencing	Teamwork and Leadership
Web 2.0 Tools	Project amanagement
Discussion Boards	Document Management
Web Portals	Assessment

 

---

Instructional Process: This seminar engages learners with a relevant context and model of understanding. An integrated problem based scenario facilitates the connection between process and technology.