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A Model-<strong>in</strong>-Progress for Design<strong>in</strong>g Web-based Collaborative<br />

Assignments <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Management Education<br />

James Paradiso<br />

Department of Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Management<br />

College of Lake County, USA<br />

paradiso@clc.cc.il.us<br />

Bipolar forces shape a grow<strong>in</strong>g dilemma <strong>in</strong> higher education. Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative directives, student surveys,<br />

and the media’s gold rush mentality about the Internet directly or <strong>in</strong>directly power the design of Webbased<br />

collaborative assignments for college students. In contrast, the lack of models for design<strong>in</strong>g<br />

appropriate learn<strong>in</strong>g tasks for <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion-rich environments and the m<strong>in</strong>imal <strong>in</strong>tegration of the Web <strong>in</strong>to<br />

teach<strong>in</strong>g and learn<strong>in</strong>g are well documented, particularly <strong>in</strong> the field of bus<strong>in</strong>ess management education.<br />

Attempt<strong>in</strong>g to address this demand gap, a prelim<strong>in</strong>ary model for design<strong>in</strong>g Web-based collaborative<br />

assignments for undergraduate bus<strong>in</strong>ess management majors was developed and beta tested. The model’s<br />

structure, <strong>in</strong>frastructural requirements, areas for improvement, and rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g tasks for designers of Webbased<br />

collaborative assignments are discussed <strong>in</strong> a short paper, available on request.

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