Even so, within our own institutions we regularly miss opportunities to exploit appropriate technology for supporting both educational and administrative collaboration. The goals of this working group are to identify collaborative opportunities, recommend ways of improving and maintaining communications between institutions, and to identify techniques and tools which offer pragmatic approaches to supporting collaborative schemes. Rapid changes in computing often motivate educators to introduce innovations in the curriculum and the classroom. The haste to do something new or adopt some current fad can cause teachers to overlook their adverse effects on students and the profession. The deployment of curricular or pedagogic innovations such as new languages and technologies may seem appropriate, but mistakes are costly.
History is the best teacher to assess the worthiness of new ideas or products.
The working group will investigate these issues, document cases where professionals ignored history, and develop guidelines to avoid pitfalls when making innovations in curriculum or pedagogy. Additional details about Group 7. Applying to be a Working Group Participant You are cordially invited to apply to become a Working Group member. Each group will have a maximum of 10 and a minimum of 7 members. The choice of members will be based on the qualifications and experience of the applicants.