Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration

As distance learning becomes the fastest-growing sub-sector in higher education globally, Wiley is pleased to publish Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration.

15% of all students in higher education institutions are now online students. Teaming as a style of education and corporate collaboration is now considered to be at the centre of effective learning and successful global business strategy. Working in teams is quickly becoming essential for many employees, with co-workers who may be in other countries, other time zones and other cultures. In the top 100 transnational companies, some 49% of employees are considered foreign to their company's home country.

Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration focuses on ideas and success factors that can assist in developing successful team-building strategies and team activities in the virtual learning space. The authors are respected experts at integrating team instruction into virtual classrooms, and have conducted innovative research in the field.

This timely book provides guidance and best practices in how to integrate and manage team learning successfully within online instruction, discussing the importance of virtual team learning in today's corporate environment. Readers will emerge with a thorough understanding of what is involved and how to apply the most effective techniques successfully.

Virtual Teamwork: Mastering the Art and Practice of Online Learning and Corporate Collaboration will prove indispensable for all professors teaching online courses, administrators responsible for online programs and courses, and professionals in national and international corporations, and federal, state, and local government agencies.