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contents March/april 2012 • VoluMe Xi, issue 2 Features 18 28 36 42 36 54 Departments 6 FROM THE EDITORS 8 CALENDAR 10 HEADLINES Cover Illustration: Neil Brennan 48 RESEARCH 54 TECHNOLOGY 58 YOUR TURN 60 BOOKSHELF 62 CLASSIFIEDS 64 IDEA EXCHANGE BizEd March/April 2012 1 COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS Deans and faculty at four schools share their best strategies for launching effective, long-term cross-disciplinary initiatives across the entire campus. VIRTUAL TEAMING At St. Petersburg University and the University of Massachusetts Boston, virtual team projects encourage students to collaborate, create, and communicate with counterparts across the world. DISPELLING MYTHS ABOUT ONLINE EDUCATION Despite lingering skepticism, online learning can be rich, interactive, and experiential, say Roseanna DeMaria and Ted Bongiovanni of New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies. CREATIVITY IN CLASS Why should business students write plays, practice improv, and visit the symphony? Teachers at the University of Virginia, MIT Sloan, and Butler University say these exercises will hone their leadership skills.