Polis: Collaborative Project-Work Environment

Abstract

The POLIS project began in late 2003. Teachers and professionals from the universities of Augsburg, Modena-Reggio Emilia and Pisa are involved in this project, and the result of their joint-work is the development and testing of an open source environment. The actual aims of the project are to: (1) develop a collaborative environment suitable to support education and work-groups; (2) inquire into the educational effectiveness of such a model in different subject-areas and tasks. To-date, the environment has been tested in activities related to: intercultural communication (Augsburg, Modena-Reggio Emilia), and human resource management (Pisa).