Collaborative Technology in the Classroom: A Review of the GSS Research and a Research Framework
Information Technology and Management
On-line case discussion: a methodology
Current issues in IT education
Information Technology for Development - Collaboration for knowledge networking in development
1001 Unanswered research questions in GSS
Journal of Management Information Systems
Flaming in the electronic classroom
Journal of Management Information Systems
Lessons from a dozen years of group support systems research: a discussion of lab and field findings
Journal of Management Information Systems - Special issue: Information technology and its organizational impact
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Existing pedagogies assume old technologies - pencils, blackboards, and books. Newer technologies have fundamentally changed the cognitive cost of accessing information and the cognitive cost of problem-solving. These changes enable new pedagogies that fundamentally change the roles of students and instructors. Group Support Systems (GSS), one of these new technologies, can transform the classroom from a place where an instructor delivers information to a place where students actively engage one another to solve problems of realistic difficulty and complexity. Even in large classrooms, students can use a GSS to actively participate in the process while drawing on the knowledge and experience of their peers and their instructor. This paper presents a year-long case-study comparing two GSS-supported Nursing Management courses to two traditionally taught courses. Students in the GSS-supported course participated more and more equally, and evidenced a stronger grasp of course content.