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BIOWAVE: INTERDISCIPLINARY AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS USING WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES A. Aguilar, N. Mach, A. Snchez, F. Saig, A. Juan, B. BarriosUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya

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IntroductionTo solve complex problems its necessary:ExpertiseInterdisciplinary approachTeamworkCritical ThinkingParticipationWeb 2.0 tools areWidely available and accessibleLow costVersatile

HypothesisCan Web 2.0 tools, like Google Wave and Google Apps, encourage interdisciplinary collaboration between different studies at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya?

Virtual platform based on Google SitesGoogle waveGoogle apps toolsDocument repositoryVideosPBL focused on NutrigenomicsQualitative-quantitative methodology to study perceptions and opinions with anonymous survey

Methodology

The majority of the respondents agreed that was a very between students from interesting system of interaction different disciplines and useful for their future professional development.The majority of the participants also expressed their interest that such experiences are routinely included in their graduate training programs.Initially uncomfortable with the control of the Google Wave tool Reluctant to participate in extra-curricular activitiesAllusions to a lack of time

Qualitative results

71,4% of participants had consulted the various links on the site Biowave. 78,6% of the participants had accessed intensively or frequently the main tool: Google Wave. 92,9%of participants have had to consult the documentation available on the use of Biowave. Approximately 35% of the students have viewed the videos

Quantitative results

Useful for interaction and for professional careersUseful to encourage interaction and e-collaborative work

Quantitative results

Quantitative results64.3% of participants value the need to encourage this type of experience in the online learning environments

57.1% of the respondents considered the regular introduction (generalized) of this type of experience in the formative training as very convenient or enough convenient.

Discussion and conclusionsBiowave Platform allowed:To exchange information and to share knowledge from a holistic approach of realityTo be aware how the interdisciplinary approach can help solving complex problemsTo overcome limitations of working in a specific areaTo encourage interactionPositive evaluation of the interaction and collaborationUseful for their future careersRecommended for inclusion in formative training

BarriersOvercome the reluctance expressed to participate in extra-curricular activitiesPerception as an extra workOvercome the reluctance to use unfamiliar toolsDifficulty to adapt schedules and timeSuccess factorsInstructors roleTo solve problems that participants can recognize and perceive as useful and belonging to their main field

Discussion and conclusions

Discussion and conclusionsImprovement proposals

To incorporate proposals that enable a joint design and an appropriate structuring and timing. To add strategically in the training programs communication skills and online collaboration tools, Larger period of time

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