Forums have become a ubiquitious part of websites in the new Web 2.0 world. Forums allow an exchange of information in a less formal setting than journals and magazines and even allow lurkers to visit and learn from the exchanges that take place. However, very few interdisciplinary forums currently exist. If one were to take [...]
While we often think of research collaboration as conducted via the Internet, stand-alone computers can enhance face-to-face collaboration. EU-funded research initiatives called LEAD shows that students can solve problems, master subject matter, and learn to collaborate more effectively when specific software tools enhance their face-to-face communication. Individual learning and problem solving alone do not prepare [...]
This is the title of a recent book by Morten T. Hansen, (Harvard Business Press ISBN 978-1-4221-1515-2) resulting from fifteen years of research into internal collaboration within organizations. The conclusion is that the foundation of successful collaboration is leadership with strong management design. Hansen does not mention the use of information technology (video-conferencing, social networking, [...]
While many of us tend to view research collaboration at the individual, lab, or organizational level, nations can also be the unit of collaboration. In an exciting development, The United States and Japan agreed to collaborate in eight research areas that include solar power generation, carbon capture and storage, nanotechnology and hydrogen technology. Japanese [...]
As social media becomes ubiquitous, they increasingly are the center of research attention. “The power of social media is turning old models on their heads,” says Fraser, coauthor along with Dutta of Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom: How Online Social Networking Will Transform Your Life, Work and World (Wiley, 2008, ISBN:0470740140 ). “In the Web [...]
