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DESIGNING AND SUPPORTING ONLINE GROUPWORK
Ignite: D2L Regional User Forum | September 2013 | Guelph, ON
Dina Meunier
Melanie Misanchuk
Tonya Noël
Online Learning Consultants Centre for Extended Learning
What do you think of when you think about groupwork?
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Discussion Summary
POSITIVE THOUGHTS• Increased involvement• More authentic• More complex• Learner: Learner exchange of
ideas• Less marking• Necessary skill set (reality
check. Reflective of real life)
NEGATIVE THOUGHTS• Why do I have to do this?• I don’t like (hate) working with
people• Is there an alternate assignment?• Pushback about grades• Unrealistic• When I design groupwork,
students want to do it independently. When I design independent work students want to do it together.
Why bother?(Recap of the benefits of Groupwork)
Students• Encourages engagement and
retention• Increases cognitive presence
and cognitive outcomes• Promotes an essential skill• Motivating• Increases responsibility as a
self-directed learner• Encourages peer learning and
teaching
Instructors• Stimulates classroom
discussions and dynamics (?)• Reduces marking workload (?)• Permits the creation of more
complex assignments for students
• Prevents a limited number of topics to analyze from being an issue
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What are we talking about today?
• Groups vs. teams– Teams are more interdependent and usually
work longer term– Groups work more cooperatively whereas
teams are more collaborative
• Cooperation vs. collaboration• Work teams vs. learning teams
– “real-world experience” of teamwork
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Cooperation vs. CollaborationActivity Communication Cooperation Collaboration
Learning Information transmission
Knowledge transmission
Knowledge generation
Inquiry Individual inquiry Delegation of tasks
Common inquiry
Decision-making Agree to disagree Vote (majority rules)
Social negotiation to consensus
Goals/agendas Multiple goals/multiple agendas
One goal/multiple agendas
One goal/one agenda
Accountability Individual accountability
Individual accountability
Group accountability
Learning relationship
Complete independence
Partial interdependence
Complete interdependence
vs.
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Who does and doesn’t enjoy it?
vs.
Who does and doesn’t enjoy it?
vs.
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Who does and doesn’t enjoy it?
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Who does and doesn’t enjoy it?
vs.
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Who does and doesn’t enjoy it?
Students in a class where groupwork activities are well designed
Students in a class where groupwork activities are poorly designed
Unlike the other examples, this is something we can control
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What strategies might you use when designing a groupwork activity for a
fully online course?
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Group up, introduce yourselves,
then share your answers(challenge: come up with 10 as a group)
e.g.• Ensure activities align with course objectives• Outline value of groupwork to students• Limit group size to 3-4
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Review and Critique our Checklist
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Some Notes about Tools
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Groupwork Activity
In your small groups, create a brief outline for an online group contract
Sample Items:• Timeline• Roles• ???
Group Contract Outline• Team names and contact
information• Methods of communication
(online, offline)• File formats• Methods for sharing files (virtual
space)• Expectations of all group
members• Frequency, time, location of
meetings• Roles of all members related to
assignment
• Assignment, course and personal goals
• Milestone & timelines• Review and re-work• Methods of decision making• Consequences for not meeting
expectations (1st time, 2nd time)• Providing peer feedback on
progress
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DINA MEUNIER – d2meunier@uwaterloo.ca
MELANIE MISANCHUK – mmisanchuk@uwaterloo.ca
TONYA NOËL – tnoel@uwaterloo.ca
thanks for attending!
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