Information Resource Coordination Team

Team Leader: Barrett Caldwell

Project goal:
The Information Resource Coordination Team (IRCT) was formed in 1999 to examine issues in information technology use and knowledge sharing, including design of technology to support improved information flow.  There has been a growing interest both among NISE projects and nationally regarding the needs for identifying and using online information resources to support an Educational Community of Practice. The objective of the IRCT is to define and create improved electronic environments, based on the IRCT group’s combined expertise in human factors, information science, and engineering design. The IRCT effort also emphasizes the role of design experiments combining systems engineering research, engineering design practice, and education applications.  

Products: Two interim reports were completed in May 1999.  One report focused on hardware and software needs of students in an educational psychology course; the second report described designs of a database for collecting and sorting Educational Community of Practice resources contributed by community members.   

Fellow: Susan Zeyher


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Last Updated:  May 05, 2003