title: Collaborating, teaching and learning in a cyberspace community: a virtual AGE experience.
abstract: This paper describes one outcome of a collaborative teaching and learning partnership between two Universities via a Web-based environment. A description and evaluation of a semester-long project combining students from two different universities is examined. A total of 22 students participated as members of six different virtual health-care teams. Each team was charged with (1) creating a team contract; (2) completing an electronic patient medical record; and (3) a patient care plan. Students posted to discussion threads regularly using learning objects developed by faculty for Virtual AGE (vAGE-Active Gerontology Education). The successes and lessons learned for both students and faculty are discussed.
authors.affiliation: George Mason University, Social Work, Fairfax, VA 22032, USA. ctompkin@gmu.edu
authors.forename: Catherine J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tompkins
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Weinreich
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007858:Learning; D017145:Models, Educational; D009862:Online Systems; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching; D014584:User-Computer Interface