This was a good project. -Tine was a good leader.

I worked on two collaborative projects this fall. One for this class and one for another class.
For the other project, we communicated mainly via email.
And the work was passed around using attachments.
That made it hard to edit.
And while we wrote ideas and thoughts to each other, email didn’t promote the collaborative aspects.

For the NFO project, we used VYEW for a lot of our communication. It helped a lot. I think it was important for the team to be onine at the same time, discussing the organization, issues, and decisions. The chat function of VYEW also promoted our getting to know each other a little better. On the emails, we tended to get right to the point, sticking to business. On the chat, we sometimes, well, just chatted. It felt more real. more connected.

It was also helpful that we were developing our project on a Moodle shell to which we all had access. If someone saw something that needed adjustment, they just did it. It didn’t take passing a document back and forth. Or one person trying to coordinate and collate everyone’s work. It seemed to flow better. And we could all see each other’s work. So we had a better sense, as the work progressed of how our parts fit into the whole.

We also used the discussion function of Moodle extensively for communication. It was an active and useful discussion forum. We all knew that we could check in there and quickly be updated on the progress. It helped us all stay in sync between meetings.

It is also good to note that I felt everyone in this group did his/her part plus some. No one was a slacker. No one had to be reminded of the importance or the due dates. Although not everything was completed exactly according to the timeline, everyone was working to accomplish their parts, and everyone was communicating about the status of their work.

I would say this was a very successful project.
And the final result is something I am much more pleased with, proud of, and happy to have been a part of.

Kudos to -Tine and the team.