Group Presentations in WebCT

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Group Presentations in WebCT

• Debora D. Constable
• Linda Mullins
• 2nd Annual Southeastern Scholarship Conference on
  E-Learning
• September 29, 2006

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Online Classes

• Are you teaching an online class? Do you want to
  add more variety to your class? Do you want to
  challenge your students?

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Online Classes

• Well, adding a group project to your online class
  will provide you with one more tool to test how
  well your students are learning the material
  covered during the semester.

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Group Projects

• Group projects are a challenging and engaging way
  to help your students not only apply what they
  have learned, but also learn the fine art of
  participation and communication in todays global
  environment.

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WebCT

• My experience with online classes
• Facilitator vs. Teacher
• Creativity
• Challenge

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Presentations

• Group Projects in face to face classes
• Group Projects in Online and Hybrid Classes
• How to present
• Monitor
• Grade

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Presentations

• These are samples of actual work submitted by the
  students.

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Student Evaluations

• At the end of the semester I give the students
  and opportunity to evaluate the class. The
  following are answers to the question, Do you
  think the group project was a valuable
  experience?

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Negative Responses

• It wasnt in my group. I found that most people
  didnt really participate in it, and rather were
  followers. I would rather have the project done
  on my own.
• Not really because about half my group didnt
  participate enough.

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• The group project was not a valuable experience
  because as you know it was hard getting everyone
  to be involved in the project until the last
  minute. Then everyone was going with whatever
  they had and no time to truly discuss other
  scenarios.
• Not necessarily, just because I think it was
  something we all could have done on our own.

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Do you think the group project was a valuable
experience

• Most negative responses came about because some
  of the students were procrastinators.
• By monitoring the discussions I was able to
  identify the students that were not
  participating. Those students would receive a
  different grade to those who did participate.

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Do you think the group project was a valuable
experience?

• Positive Responses
• The group assignment was a great experience for
  me because I worked with true Leaders.
• The group project was a great experience and
  very valuable from a teaming perspective. We
  learned a lot from each other and worked very
  well together.

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Do you think the group project was a valuable
experience?

• I thought it was good to work with a group
  because we could learn from other students
  mistakes or suggestions
• Yes, I think that its nice to interact with
  each other in some manner since we dont actually
  go to class.

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Do you think the group project was a valuable
experience?

• Yes, working together gave an opportunity to
  help each other with questions and issues and to
  offer suggestions on ways to make each persons
  part better.
• Yes, it was. It is a real world example of what
  we have been studying, and a recap of how
  everything fits together.

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Resources

• Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace
  Effective Strategies for the online classroom,
  Rena M. Palloff and Keith Pratt, Jossey-Bass
  Publishers, San Francisco,1999
• USG Online Teaching and Learning course
• WebCT Online Workshops - http//www.webct.com/work
  shops
• Technical Training at GPC http//gpc.edu/training
  /index.htm

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Lets practice

• Groups have been assigned
• Look on your desk for your password and log in
• Answer the following question
• Do you think that the scenes of Steve Irwins
  death should be made available to the public?
  Why or why not?
• Final group answer should be posted to the
  discussion board and in the assignment section.
  (Please publish your final answer)

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• Questions