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Groupware and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work in the College Classroom
Scalia, Lynne M., Sackmary, Benjamin, Business Communication Quarterly
A new category of software, termed "groupware," is rapidly transforming corporate communication. The term groupware is widely used but, due to on-going rapid developments, a consistent definition of the term has proved elusive (Johansen et al., 1991; Lloyd, 1994). In the broadest sense, groupware refers to any form of computer-mediated communication (CMC) that supports interaction among group members regardless of location (Coleman & Khanna, 1995; Phillips & Santoro, 1990). A major goal of groupware is to provide a multiple-user environment in which participants can evaluate each other's contributions and, through a collaborative process of focused activities and dialogue, develop ideas and make decisions. This team-based "collaborative process" is often referred to as "computer-supported cooperative work" (CSCW) (Robinson, 1993).
Groupware, in some form, is likely to be a high-tech competitive factor in the on-going development of global companies, strategic alliances, and networks of suppliers and distributors. It is therefore important that groupware and CSCW be included in college business programs, particularly those in business communication (Clampitt & Meyer, 1995). This exploratory study examines student use of CSCW for group discussion, decision making, and collaborative writing assignments at the college level. The purpose is to assess student responses to CSCW and to evaluate its effectiveness for group work in the classroom.
Types of Groupware
There is a variety of computer software available to support CSCW in the workplace and in educational institutions (Baecker, 1993; Wild & Winniford, 1993). It is possible to combine these various forms into three groupware categories based on order of complexity. These categories are neither exclusive nor exhaustive. The classification is based on how well the software supports sharing and exchanging information, cooperative work on documents, and decision making (Ellis, Gibbs, & Rein, 1991).
E-mail and Electronic Bulletin Boards
Both e-mail and electronic bulletin boards are computer-based communication methods that permit asynchronous, or nonreal time, communication among organization members at any location. Although they are in widespread use and represent a huge advance in convenience and communication efficiency, they do not easily support the group activities required for CSCW. For example, neither e-mail nor electronic bulletin boards offer access to shared databases or facilitate on-line collaborative writing, editing, and revising shared documents (Riedl, 1989).
Computer Conferences
Computer conferences are groupware applications that allow either real-time interaction or asynchronous messaging at any location. They offer on-line meetings in which participants, at the minimum, can send and receive messages. At a more complex groupware level, participants can edit and modify the contributions of other group members, develop collaborative documents that represent group consensus, and maintain a database of group activity (Coleman & Khanna, 1995; Zuboff, 1988). Thus, computer conferences can fully support CSCW in terms of both exchange and sharing of information (Rodden, 1993). Examples of full-featured groupware products that support electronic conferences along with many increasingly sophisticated features for work-group collaboration include Lotus Notes, DEC Linkworks, and IBM WorkGroup (Coleman & Khanna, 1995; Papows, 1995).
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A Group Decision-Support System (GDSS) is designed to promote discussion and analysis of problems and improve the speed and quality of the decision-making process. GDSS activities are synchronous and typically take place in a room with the following features: terminals for participants; a large screen visible to all; a moderator; an accessible database with relevant information; and software to support voting, record keeping, and decision-making processes (Beauclair, 1990; Thierauf, 1989). …


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I would like to see the Tiki Room restored to its original.
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The Miami Dolphins finally announced the hiring of new general manager Dennis Hickey this evening. Word got out on the hire earlier this morning after two candidates -- Nick Caserio of New England and Lake Dawson of Tennessee -- turned down the job in the past 24 hours.
Both Hickey and Dolphins owner Stephen Ross made a statement on the hire.
"I am excited that Dennis Hickey is our new General Manager," Ross said. "When we started the search, I outlined qualities that I was looking for in this position. These included a collaborative team-first person who can work with [coach] Joe [Philbin], demonstrated player evaluation expertise, and someone who is open-minded and creative. Dennis fit all of these criteria and I'm looking forward to having him get started."
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing new rules for the Internet that have significant implications for how all of us access and pay for content online. Under the FCC's proposal, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) would be allowed to negotiate with content providers to collect a fee for faster delivery.
For instance, popular movie service Netflix recently agreed to pay Comcast (the largest ISP in the U.S.) for faster delivery of its video stream. Netflix has since complained to the FCC that its arrangement with Comcast (and a similar one it reached with Verizon) goes against the principle of network neutrality.
Advocates for network neutrality believe that all Internet content, no matter the type (video, text, etc.) or who created it, should be treated the same in the transfer process. This means that there is a single market for ISPs in which subscribers pay for access (and varying levels of speed), and those subscribers can then access any lawful content or service available online.
However, the FCC's recent proposal gives ISPs like Comcast what they've wanted for awhile — a two-sided market — as content providers (like Netflix) would also pay ISPs to reach costumers faster on the "last mile" of the connection that the ISP provides. So even if you (the customer) pay your ISP for the maximum speed possible, if the content you want doesn't pay the same ISP for preferential treatment it gets put into a slow lane no matter how much you are paying for service or speed.
Under the FCC's newest proposal, the agency promises to review these two-sided market arrangements and determine whether they are "commercially reasonable" so smaller competitors don't get priced out of the market.
Although these deals may be acceptable to powerful ISPs and content providers who are willing and able to pay, they aren't necessarily fair to consumers who will ultimately pay higher fees for less choice.
Will Comcast customers get Netflix without the annoyance of buffering? Yes, but only because Netflix has the ability to pay. However, not all Netflix competitors (or would-be competitors) may be able to do the same, putting start-ups and entrepreneurs that may offer better service, or more choice, at the greatest disadvantage. Slow-moving websites and content services don't last long. Small businesses that want to build their web presence to better market their products and services could be severely limited.
And what is worse? Netflix will pass the extra cost along to its customers. After agreeing to pay Comcast, Netflix announced a fee increase for new subscribers. Time Warner Cable (TWC) customers in Cincinnati should take note, as Comcast plans to acquire TWC by the end of the year, meaning many of us will be Comcast customers rather soon.
It doesn't seem likely that the FCC will order Comcast or Verizon to undue their deals with Netflix, especially after Netflix has already agreed to pay them. Nor does it seem that FCC Chairperson Tom Wheeler wants to go against his former colleagues in the communications industry (as he is the past president of both the National Cable Television Association and Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association — both of which are strongly opposed to network neutrality rules).
However, there is another option besides the FCC making a case-by-case assessment of what it considers to be "commercially reasonable" — and that would be for the FCC to classify broadband ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act. Just like basic telephone service providers, the postal service and other common carriers, ISPs should not be allowed to discriminate against certain types of content.
Reclassifying ISPs as common carriers would also be consistent with the way they are viewed under other parts of the law. For instance, ISPs are exempt from libel suits for messages posted by third-party users, unless the ISP enacts significant editorial control over user comments. Similarly, ISPs are exempt from liability for copyright infringement for simply transmitting content posted by users, unless the ISP is notified about the infringing activity. In both cases, the law assumes that ISPs are neutral networks — common carriers — without significant editorial control over content.
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Jul 2015 - $47.00
This park is under new ownership and management and there has been much work done. Washrooms, laundry, lobby all redone and very nice. Have removed massive amounts of vegetation and have improved the landscaping, with more work to be completed. Staff was excellent and escorted us to our site. We were able to deploy both of our slides and our awning without any problem. The downside is that the sites are a little tight as is with most older RV parks. WiFi was good, decent cable TV. Convenient to Spokane. We stayed there in a 34ft fifth. - Retired Papa
Jul 2015 - $58.00
First the bad: As others have mentioned, the biggest problem with this park is the very narrow and tight sites, and the trees and shrubs at each site make it worse. We only have slides on one side of our motorhome (driver's side), and it's a good thing. If we had opposing slides we wouldn't have been able to open them (we couldn't open our awning at all because of the large tree on our camping side). We use a ramp for our large elderly dog and there wasn't even enough room to place the ramp at our entrance door. We reserved a 50' site for our 36' motorhome and CR-V, but we were later told that we wouldn't fit because there's no room to spare and cars can't be parked horizontally in front of the coach, so we had to upgrade to a 60' site which is their most expensive site. Something else new to us: they use "demand-based pricing" which means there are no fixed rates, the rates change based on how many sites are left, so when we later upgraded to the premium 60' site we had to pay even more since the 60' site had gone up in price since our initial reservation. On the good side, the park is attractive, landscaped, and well maintained, despite the ongoing construction. There's a pretty large fenced dog area and a grassy field to walk on leash. There's a dog walking path behind some of the back-in sites but it's overgrown and is a dead-end. It's very close to town and every store you could need (Costco, Walmart, Home Depot, etc.). Good AT&T and Verizon signal. There's some highway noise but it's not bad at all. We won't stay here again simply because the sites are much too small even for our average-sized motorhome. - LifeRebooted
Jun 2015 - $63.00
This park is under reconstruction which they do not tell you about until after you have paid - there are no laundry facilities available and the restrooms are portable but they still charge $63 per night. WiFi is basic only, other wise you pay an extra $3 per night. As mentioned by others, the sites are so close, our awning hit a tree & you practically fell into the neighbors slide out when you stepped out. The office girl was unpleasant and would not answer our questions, did not know what was on their website and said the Manager would contact us, which did not happen. The price charged was higher than the advertised price on the website but office girl said she did not know what was on their website so could not do anything about it. - Kiwigirl
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Jun 2009 - $36.00
We needed a place to stay for one night only and this was located just outside of Spokane near the airport. The location was convenient, however for the price, it was really not a great place to stay. It's actually a motel with 2 small RV parks behind it. The motel has a cabin-like look to them on the exterior and looked clean and homey from the road. One of the RV areas is for older RV's. It looked like there were several long term residents parked there. We stayed in the area which was reserved for newer RV's. They said there was a pull-through lot, but we didn't see one. It only had maybe 7 spots or so, but you would be crammed in tight together if it was full. We happened to be in there with only one other RV, so it was relatively private that particular night. A plus about the park is it is in amongst the trees, so it has the feel of not being right in or around a city, but there is absolutely no privacy from space to space. The mosquitoes were horrible while we were there and we couldn't eat outside at all. They said they had Wi-Fi, which was part of why we were willing to pay the higher price, however it was very spotty and didn't come in much at all, a big disapointment. I am not sure we would stay there again. The spaces were also pretty uneven, I can't imagine parking a really large RV there. We were in a 28 foot travel trailer and it was difficult to even it up. - User804
Spokane, Washington (map) | (509) 926-2328
Sites: 20 | Latest Rate: $22.00 | 4 Reviews
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Aug 2015 - $22.00
The site was gravel & fairly level. The campground wasn't too far off the interstate and only has electric & water and a dump station. You have to be an Elk member to use this, great for an overnight stop. - SGF
Sep 2014 - $18.00
Must be an Elk to use lodge parking. Great location to get around from. Stayed there one more day than planned because of the location. 30-50 amp electricity and water at 23 sites. Covered picnic overlooking the town and mountains they will let you use their washer/dryer in lodge. While there is no sewer there is an onsite dump station with easy access I used it twice. WiFi actually worked but there were only 5 rigs in the park when I was there. I use my phone hotspot most of the time. Nice bar of course and we had dinner there one night. I drive a 40 foot rv. I can only give an overall grade of 8 to any site that does not have sewer connection at the pad. But other than that this is a 10 site. - Gilbert & Gail
Sep 2014 - $18.00
We enjoyed a friendly check-in by the camp host immediately upon entering the park. Very convenient to the clubhouse with large spaces and good 50 amp power and water at the rear of the sites. My GPS directions were needed, as the signage is somewhat lacking. There is a dump station available. Park Wi-Fi was good and the Verizon signal was strong. We would definitely stay again. - run2
10904 N Newport Hwy Spokane, Washington 99218 (map) | (509) 315-5561
Sites: 92 | Latest Rate: $46.00 | 6 Reviews
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Sep 2015 - $46.00
This is a brand new RV Park in 2015. Very level concrete sites with good grass space between sites. Even though it is technically on Highway 2 it is pretty quiet as they have a big wall between the park and the road.
There is a fenced off grassy dog area, a pool and kids play areas.
Wi-fi was pretty sporadic and often slow even though the park was not full. TV was good Restroom/showers are private rooms with each having a sink, toilet and shower. They were very clean and very well maintained. Staff is very friendly and helpful. They also respond to email questions quickly. Note - when making a reservation online they have you use "BookYourSite.com" and there was no mention of any extra fee to reserve online but -THERE IS a $5 fee for booking online. Negative - while it is brand new and well maintained with what appear to be appropriate rules - They do offer monthly rates and so there are a number of "permanent" residents here in older - not so well kept rigs. They need to do a better job of enforcing the rules (or modify them) about what is acceptable to have sitting around or underneath your rig. There were several that had a lot of "stuff" around like old Tv's and boxes. That's why I didn't give it a higher rating. With that said we would stay here again and hope that they can address the issues of the appearance of some of the occupant rigs and vehicles. - NiMo
Sep 2015 - $50.00
Spaces are ample for almost any type of RV. Concrete pad and patio with table with grass on each side. This is a new park and everything is new and sparkling. Laundry room is kind of small for a park of this size, but was not busy during our use. This is probably the nicest park in the Spokane area. I would stay here again. - Marv
Aug 2015 - $46.00
A fairly new park. Probably not for longer stays, but fine for an overnight or two. A little bit tight for our 45' motorhome and only a few sites will hold us. Fine for smaller units. Clean, well kept. Good management. - Tucsonbenz
9711 W. Charles Road Spokane, Washington 99026 (map) | (509) 465-5064
Sites: 77 | Latest Rate: $24.00 | 31 Reviews
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Mar 2016 - $24.00
Nice clean park, full of Ponderosa Pines. Plenty of room between sites. Friendly staff. Water is still off for winter...power though and a winter water faucet at entrance to fill tanks.
Get there via Gun Club road to avoid so much crowded residential traveling. You would take Maple to Francis then out to Gun Club road and enter the park from the north. - Trekking
Sep 2015 - $35.00
I must not be a typical RVr because I don't go to a state park with high expectations for services. If your top 5 must haves are about hookups, WIFI etc then you should go to an RV park next to the freeway. This a beautiful state park along the river that oh by the way has some hookups. Most hookup sites were taken so we dry camped in nice spot away from the crowded utility sites. Nice trails across the river for hiking and biking. Very quiet place for sleeping unlike a freeway RV park! - Fishmon
Jul 2015 - $43.00
We stayed at Bowl and Pitcher State park for 5 days during the 4th of July in our 40' rig. We made reservations early so check in was easy. Getting to our site was easy. While the on line map shows pull thrus, our site was back in only as well as all the others except for the camp host. We booked space 12 which was close to the river. The spots are large and spacious and there is room for your slide outs and awnings. The sites are not level so you may need blocks or levelers. The utilities were all in the right place and in working order. Our satellite worked fine as did our Verizon hot spot. Now for the bad news. The camp is located about 200 yrds from a sewage treatment plant on the river. A local fisherman told us that while the fish are fun to catch he would not eat them due to the treatment plant and the high level of strychnine and other chemicals that were used during the gold mining days along the river. Besides that there are no beaches to use if you even thought of swimming or cooling off. People do use the river for white watering which we saw several people doing. The showers and bathrooms are very outdated and you have to use tokens for a shower. We used our RV shower. While the park is pretty with the river and pine trees, we would not be coming back to this park or river again. We are more into using the river then just staring at it. - SteelHorseRider
Spokane, Washington (map) | (509) 477-1766
Sites: 60 | Latest Rate: $26.00 | 3 Reviews
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Aug 2015 - $26.00
Don't expect much, but it's dry, semi dusty, because people don't slow down place to park. The park is on the backside of the fairgrounds and has hookups but no sewer. Does have a dump station. The price is right and they gave us the fourth night free(they have our vote). - monaco cruiser
Jun 2012 - $45.00
A Wal-Mart parking lot would be a lot cheaper. $ 45.00 per night was a big rip off. If we had not paid in advance more than a year ago, we would have never stopped. This is a huge complex and you are parked in the very back. Access to the bus stops requires a hike of 1.4 miles because they lock all the adjoining gates to keep you from accessing one part of the fairground from the other parts. Note the public buses service stops after the last bus leaves downtown at 9:37 p.m. We will never stay here again. - JWT
Sep 2010 - $26.00
This was a good place to stop for a few days to work. It doesn't appear this is an advertised place for camping, since we had the entire place to ourselves. And we had to leave by 9/3 to make room for the fair/expo attendees. We only saw the management when we paid, otherwise, we only saw caretakers. I do wish Spokane had more and better choices for RVs though. - nevadabob


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