Prof. Reibstein's Marketing 777 course take advantage of web Caf 's voting feature to plan a time for a conference call. Benjamin Yakir, instructor for Statistics 430 and 431, became another early adopter of web Caf for his courses. Prof. Yakir provides downloadable data sets and homework assignments for his Statistics 431 course. Dr. Yakir then scheduled the midterm according to the vote outcome. Spring 1999 and beyond WCIT has deployed web Caf more widely during the Spring 1999 semester.
Caf tools help faculty members add material at any time during the semester.
Several Wharton faculty members are using web Caf rooms as an online collaboration tool for research and administrative projects. Wharton clubs and organizations, including a student-run investment fund, are using web Caf to manage business planning and share important information. In addition, a number of Class of 2000 MBA learning teams are evaluating web Caf as an aid for the Field Application Project and other group projects assigned as part of the MBA core curriculum . This first-year MBA learning team is evaluating webCafe as a way to collaborate on group projects in several classes. For the 1999-2000 academic year, WCIT plans to make web Caf available to faculty members who wish to use it in graduate or undergraduate Wharton course, as well as for collaborative research and administrative projects.