Transdisciplinary ITexts and the Future of Web-Scale Collaboration

Janice W. Fernheimer; Lisa Litterio; James Hendler

doi:10.1177/1050651911400710

Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jul 2011

Transdisciplinary ITexts and the Future of Web-Scale Collaboration

Janice W. Fernheimer University of Kentucky ; Lisa Litterio ; James Hendler Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Abstract

Changes in Web infrastructure have allowed ITexts to become a vehicle for transdisciplinary Web-scale collaboration so that large-scale teams can create new knowledge despite differences in team members’ disciplinary training, geographic location, and levels of expertise. In this article, the authors define Web-scale collaboration and illustrate the need for transdisciplinary approaches to problem solving. Then they introduce heuristics for creating and evaluating such transdisciplinary, collaborative Web-scale ITexts, drawing on examples generated at a workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation that was held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in April 2010.

Journal: Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published: 2011-07-01
DOI: 10.1177/1050651911400710
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