Using Google Docs to Support Work Flow Management in Teams of Engineering Students

The purpose of the present study was to investigate how teams of engineering students integrated Google Docs to support their workflow management process. ABET criteria dictate that engineering students need to learn how to work together and practice effective ways of communication. Learning how to work well as a team is linked to the development of positive interdependence, which is at the core of the cooperative learning model and is based on social interdependence theory. A “sink or swim together” attitude in students is an important component of a successful teamwork experience (Smith, 1996). One of the important aspects of supporting interdependence in teams is to provide multiple opportunities for interaction in and outside the classroom.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Engineering Education

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Perova-Mello, Nataliia P.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Ruth Streveler
• Sean Brophy
• Brent Jesiek
• Karl Smith

• engineering teamwork
• Google Docs affordances
• tool usage metacognition
• workflow interdependence
• workflow management

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1142

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2358