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  • Group Work
    • What is group work?
    • Aims of group work
    • Benefits of group work
  • Plan
    • Preparing to use group work
    • Planning a UOS outline that includes group work
    • Tips for preparing yourself
    • Planning/Designing an assessment schedule
    • Choosing a group assessment task
    • Marking criteria and grade descriptors
    • Planning and starting groupwork
  • Design
    • Designing student-centred group learning and teaching experiences
    • Converting theory into practice
    • Tasks suitable for group work
    • How to design a marketing criteria
  • Implement
    • Prepare
    • Manage
    • Monitor
    • Assess
  • Evaluate
    • Evaluation and reflection
    • Evaluating group work
    • Self and peer evaluation
    • Sharing resources (example evaluations)
  • Background Resources
    • Student learning styles
    • Student centred learning
    • Online learning and teaching in groups
    • Benefits of online learning in groups
    • Online learning and teaching methods
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Group Work

  • What is group work?
  • Aims of group work
  • Benefits of group work

Plan

  • Preparing to use group work
  • Planning a UOS outline that includes group work
  • Tips for preparing yourself
  • Planning/Designing an assessment schedule
  • Choosing a group assessment task
  • Marking criteria and grade descriptors
  • Planning and starting group work

Design

  • Designing student-centred group learning and teaching experiences
  • Converting theory into practice
  • Tasks suitable for group work
  • How to design a marking criteria

Implement - Prepare

  • Forming students into groups
  • Group size
  • Methods of selection
  • Tips for preparing learners
  • First class meeting
  • Warm up exercises and icebreakers
  • Team building, communication and problem solving exercises
  • Planning and starting group work

Implement - Manage

  • Dealing with changes in group composition
  • Managing your time

Implement - Monitor

  • Why monitor?
  • When and how to monitor
  • Feedback
  • Reflecting upon and evaluating group work
  • Academic honesty
  • Preventing academic dishonesty

Implement - Assess

  • Assessing group work
  • Options for assessing group work
  • Sharing resources (example tasks)
  • Peer and self assessment

Evaluate

  • Evaluation and reflection
  • Evaluating group work
  • Self evaluation and peer evaluation
  • Sharing resources (example evaluations)

Background Resources

  • Student learning styles
  • Student centred learning
  • Online learning and teaching in groups
  • Benefits of online learning in groups
  • Online learning and teaching methods

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