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Welcome to
Engineering Design in
a Global Environment (EDGE) at
Wichita State University
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Wichita State University is working
on a research project to develop a methodology for structuring
courses that incorporate global learning. Students will be made to
work on a project as a team in a traditional face-to-face
environment and in a virtual environment. The project involves
building an As-Is and a To-Be value stream map of a virtual
manufacturing line. This project will be offered as a part of the
lean manufacturing course to be offered in spring 2003 semester.
The outcome of the project will be used to compare the design
outcomes of the face-to-face and the virtual team. A methodology
for virtual teaming will be developed by bridging the gap between
the face-to-face and the virtual team.
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Mission
Our Mission is to Combine
Global Reach,
through modern communication technologies, and
Global Perspectives,
through interaction with learners and faculty of diverse cultures,
to produce the
Global Graduate. |
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Objective
To compare the project design outcome of
student teams in a computer-mediated versus face-to-face context.
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Team Members
(Standing from left) Mark Russell, Barbara Chaparro,
Don Malzahn, Larry Whitman, Nandakumar Ramachandrarao, (Sitting
from left) Beth Smith, Rebecca Langrall,
Rob Gibson, (not in picture) Glyn Rimmington, Mike Erickson. |
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Status
We are currently working on this project
and the status of the project, as of today is
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The experimental design of the various
project groups have been made
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Letter of participation has been sent
to the targeted participants
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Technological requirements of the
project have been finalized
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A screening questionnaire survey has
been posted in the web for short listing potential participants
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Working towards deciding the various
criteria for success
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