Benefits and Challenges as Perceived by Students throughout Online Collaboration during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 -  Present ( work in progress)

Collaborators: Prof. Tim McNeil, Prof. James Housefield, Dr. Margaret Merill

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The COVID-19 pandemic introduced challenges for both instructors and students in 2020. In this project, we surveyed the students in a large design fundamentals class about their online collaborative experience throughout the three phases of their individual design projects. We identified the benefits and challenges students perceived during their online collaboration. This study contributes to our understanding of the power of collaboration, especially in an online environment.