Westmont College
Academic Technology Faculty Pilot Projects
Mobile Collaboration Project
GOAL
This project involved the ATT (Academic Technology team) support staff and their need to have an agile and mobile communication tool to enable their flexible time work together in support of Westmont College audio visual needs.
RESEARCH QUESTION
If a mobile and agile communication tool was implemented on a field AV support team, how would this impact their work and collaboration together?
ACTION:
Fifteen students on the Academic Technology Team (ATT) were connected to SLACK, a micro blogging app. Daily communications to the team as a whole as well as individual collaboration were channeled through this app.
EVALUATION
ATT members used this app as their sole source of communication to get the job done. Over 4000 messages were sent this academic year enabling the team to share data and collaborate in a fast paced work environment. The agile nature of this app combined with it's ease of use across mobile and computing platforms has greatly enhanced team collaboration making the in the moment work more effective.
This project involved the ATT (Academic Technology team) support staff and their need to have an agile and mobile communication tool to enable their flexible time work together in support of Westmont College audio visual needs.
RESEARCH QUESTION
If a mobile and agile communication tool was implemented on a field AV support team, how would this impact their work and collaboration together?
ACTION:
Fifteen students on the Academic Technology Team (ATT) were connected to SLACK, a micro blogging app. Daily communications to the team as a whole as well as individual collaboration were channeled through this app.
EVALUATION
ATT members used this app as their sole source of communication to get the job done. Over 4000 messages were sent this academic year enabling the team to share data and collaborate in a fast paced work environment. The agile nature of this app combined with it's ease of use across mobile and computing platforms has greatly enhanced team collaboration making the in the moment work more effective.