"Understanding Interdisciplinary Teamwork: Challenges for Research and Practice"

Room 259 Educational Sciences Building
1025 West Johnson Street
UW- Madison

November 15-16, 1996

FINAL AGENDA

Friday, November 15, 1996
  
8:00-8:30    Continental Breakfast - Educational Sciences Building, Room 259
  
8:30-9:15    Welcome, Introductions, Opening Remarks
   * Sharon Derry - Director, NISE Cognitive Studies Project
   * Andy Porter - Director, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Co-Director NISE
  
9:15-10:00    The Interdisciplinary Factor in Teamwork and Collaboration
   * Julie Thompson-Klein - Wayne State University
  
10:00-10:20    Cognitive Processes in Interdisciplinary Teams
   * Angela O'Donnell - Rutgers University
  
10:20-10:30    BREAK
  
10:30-11:15    Virtual Collocation and Collaborators: Analyzing and Supporting Group Work
   * Stephanie Teasley - University of Michigan
  
   Discussion of O'Donnell and Teasley presentations
  
  
  
11:15-12:15    Learning to Make Collaborative Learning Technology Work: A Case Study of CaMILE
   * Cindy Hmelo - University of Pittsburgh
  
   Computer Support for Group Memory and Group Learning
   * Gerry Stahl - University of Colorado
  
   Discussion of Hmelo and Stahl presentations
  
12:15-1:30    LUNCH on 13th Floor, Ed Sciences Building
  
1:30-2:30    KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
  
   Interdisciplinary Distribution of Cognitions: Much Ado About Something
   * Gavriel Salomon - University of Haifa, Israel
  
   Presentation in Room 228, Ed Sciences Building II
  
2:30-2:40    BREAK/Return to Room 259
  
2:40-3:40    Using Collections of Web Technologies to Support Group Learning
   * John Smith - University of North Carolina
  
   TAPPED IN: An On-line Workplace for Teacher Professional Development
   * Mark Schlager - Center for Technology in Learning
  
   Discussion of Smith and Schlager presentations
  
3:40-3:50    BREAK
  
3:50-4:20    GroupWare in Education
   * Jim Metzdorf
  
4:20-5:30    Discussion and wrap up
  
   Hands on demonstration for those interested
  
6:00    Cash Bar Reception at the Concourse Hotel
  
7:00    DINNER RECEPTION AT THE CONCOURSE HOTEL
  
Saturday, November 16, 1996
  
8:00-8:30    Continental Breakfast - Educational Sciences - Room 259
  
8:30-10:00    Small group discussions
   * Sharon Derry - moderator
  
10:00-11:00    Talking Across Disciplinary Boundaries in Design-Oriented Work
   * Rogers Hall and Reed Stevens - University of California, Berkeley
  
   Discussion of Hall and Stevens presentation
  
11:00-11:15    BREAK
  
11:15-12:15    Developing a Common Voice: Interdisciplinary Teams Engaged in the Process of Design
   * Leona Schauble - UW Madison
  
   What Leads to a Successful Collaboration Among Cognitive Scientists?
   * Christian Schunn - Carnegie Mellon University
  
   Discussion of Schauble and Schunn presentations
  
12:15-1:15    LUNCH on 13th Floor, Ed Sciences Building
  
1:15-2:15    Interdisciplinary Study of Group Performance
   * Keith Sawyer - Washington University
  
   Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Insights from Music
   * Nick Flor - Carnegie Mellon University
  
   Discussion of Sawyer and Flor presentations
  
2:15-3:15    Panel on research approaches: Randy Hirokawa, John Smith, Leona Schauble, others
   * Sharon Derry - moderator
  
3:15-3:30    Closing comments/Discussion

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