TY - GEN
T1 - Supporting Project Team Formation for Self-directed Learners
AU - Spoelstra, Howard
AU - Van Rosmalen, Peter
AU - Sloep, Peter
N1 - DS_Description: Spoelstra, H., Van Rosmalen, P., & Sloep, P. B. (unpublished). Supporting Project Team Formation for Self-directed Learners.
PY - 2012/12/19
Y1 - 2012/12/19
N2 - The outcomes of project-based learning can be optimized if team formation experts assemble the project teams. For self-directed learners in globalized online learning settings human team formation experts might be unavailable. The question is addressed about how to provide team formation services for such learners. A model of the team formation process is defined, based on current team formation theory. It is used to design an automated team formation service that can be used by self-directed learners to form teams for project-based learning. Starting from a project description situated in a knowledge domain, the model defines three categories of variables that govern the team formation process: knowledge, personality and preferences. Learners’ scores on these categories are analyzed and combined into scores on the new concept of a learners’ “project suitability”, on the base of which teams can be suggested. A discussion of the outcomes and an overview of future research are included.
AB - The outcomes of project-based learning can be optimized if team formation experts assemble the project teams. For self-directed learners in globalized online learning settings human team formation experts might be unavailable. The question is addressed about how to provide team formation services for such learners. A model of the team formation process is defined, based on current team formation theory. It is used to design an automated team formation service that can be used by self-directed learners to form teams for project-based learning. Starting from a project description situated in a knowledge domain, the model defines three categories of variables that govern the team formation process: knowledge, personality and preferences. Learners’ scores on these categories are analyzed and combined into scores on the new concept of a learners’ “project suitability”, on the base of which teams can be suggested. A discussion of the outcomes and an overview of future research are included.
KW - project-based learning
KW - project team formation
KW - self-directed learning
KW - learning networks
KW - team formation service
KW - computer supported group formation
UR - https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Project-team-formation-support-for-self-directed-in-Spoelstra-Rosmalen/9b4cd78efbe075515554b34f1ea3fb5599f16e16
M3 - Conference Article in proceeding
SP - 89
EP - 96
BT - Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Web Based Communities and Social Media
ER -