Good point Rosanna. The same thing happens on film sets on location or in studio (boy do I know this a producer/director) and the military (where I first observed this phenomena first hand as USMC member). Does Tuckman have anything new that you can site? How about Pallof & Pratt? Chris Heidelberg -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Rosanna Tarsiero Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 1:06 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Listserv research Gail You wrote: "You might also want to take a look at what Bruce Tuckman has been writing about group formation processes. His stage theory -- forming, storming, norming, and performing -- is transferrable to online group interactions." Actually, it has been transferred to online group interaction by Palloff and Pratt in their work on creating online groups for PhD students at Fielding. Palloff, R. & Pratt, K. (1999). Building learning communities in cyberspace: Effective strategies for the online classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Rosanna Tarsiero _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/