These blogs are designed to reflect our experiences of using technologies during the MA course. Already I have identified a reoccurring theme in mine, which mirrors my interests and background – it is my curiousness into group dynamics when using technologies (see Technology Use and Communication Strategies of Irish and US Students in Virtual Teams for an example article). This week, we are back to using good old email to communicate with our new teams on the website design project. We have already met face-to-face several times, so really, the emails are reinforcing what we’ve agreed on in the meetings. But there is one element which is different in this project, which we did not have in our last. We have assigned a Project Manager.
In this semester, this course has felt very ‘hands on’. It reflects, to some extent, team projects in the real world. We will have to engage with others using technologies and we will be using technologies in our own work. However, we will also be working with people, and being aware of people issues in a team and learning how to overcome these issues will be extremely useful skills to know as well. Certainly having a Project Manager is a good start.
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