The aim of this module is to find out about how to manage and assess group work in the international classroom.

Before your next online meeting you must read 1 article, watch 3 videos and read 3 webpages:

Read this article by Jude Caroll extracted from Teaching International Students: improving learning for all edited by Jude Carroll and Janette Ryan, 2005, Routledge. It is available here.
Watch this video (5 minutes) from the University of Iowa by Alison Bianca, a group processes expert, who talks about group work strategies.
Watch Corly Brooke from Iowa State University on "Implementing Interactive Activities in a Large Class to Build Community" (7 minutes).
Watch a video of a case study of team-based learning through Team and Individual Quizzes (TIQ) as piloted by Dr Christine Van Vliet in her Pathology course of the School of Medical Science at the University of New South Wales (length: 5 minutes).
Video
Read these 3 webpages from Carnegie Mellon University's Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation:
- Assessing group work
- Grading group work
- Example of grid to assess peers and self for group work
Use these conversation starters to get you going during your online meeting:
1. Discuss the types of teaching activities you can use to actively engage all students in your class?
2. What is best practice in managing and assessing group work?
3. What techniques/activities can you use to foster an inclusive learning environment?
4. What type of group work do you use? How do you assess it?
5. What techniques/activities can you use to improve group work?
6. What challenges (linguistic, pedagogical or cultural) have you encountered when you get students to do group work?
Make notes of your personal reflections (250 words maximum) on the next page by 27th April.
Review the personal reflections of two other participants between 28th April and 4th May. They will be assigned to you by Canvas automatically.