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Online Group Work: Making It Meaningful and Manageable
Dagoberto Diaz-Cortes
Faculty, Staff, Student

Meeting(s)

Date: 02/17/2016  12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Location: Himes Hall   133

Course Description

With the increasing popularity of online courses, instructors need to have clear, effective methods of creating, implementing, and grading group projects.

This 60-minute seminar covers every element of the process.

  • Teaching students HOW to work in asynchronous groups
  • Creating assignments that meet academic needs and function within the online framework
  • Changing the perception of group work by increasing student investment, and getting the virtual classroom to “buy-in”
  • Streamlining structure and supervision to manageable levels
  • Showing students efficiencies in group work, allowing better use of cognitive energy
  • An in-depth look at the Web 2.0 tools vital to the online group project experience.