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Teaching and Learning Through Online Collaboration
4/1/2004
Wharton soon began using the API not just for administrative tools but also
to add new features for learning support. A Team Signup tool helps students
quickly assemble into teams and gain access to automatically created private
team folders. A custom-developed Grade Book tool allows faculty to use eRoom’s
Database feature (for displaying information in rows and columns) to enter grades
for students securely within a private folder. A student-accessible My Grades
link allows each student to see only his or her grades. Additional teaching
tools, such as quizzes and evaluation forms, have been added to the environment
by using eRoom’s API to integrate third-party tools such as Cogix ViewsFlash
survey software.
Driving Success
A key to the success of Wharton’s webCafé platform has been the willingness of faculty to incorporate collaboration-based learning tools into their courses. Through a related initiative called the Alfred P. West, Jr. Learning Lab, Wharton developers work with faculty to create experiential-based collaborative learning exercises that incorporate real-world scenarios. At Wharton, the faculty, students, and IT staff are prepared to meet the collision course of collaboration and learning head-on.
Rob Ditto (dittor@wharton.upenn.edu) is a senior IT project leader at the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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