Final Presentation Template Analysis of Collaborative Group Processes

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Final Presentation TemplateAnalysis of
Collaborative Group Processes

• Clarion University
• West Chester University

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Suggestions for Presenting

• The slide template is for your teams final
  collaborative presentation some helpful
  suggestions/guidelines.
• You will probably need more than one slide for
  each week in the semester!
• Be creative this template is to give the team
  direction in reporting your collaborative process
  over the next 14 weeks.

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Suggestions (cont.)

• Begin outlining this powerpoint early You know
  how things can go wrong with technology!
• Procrastination is very unfriendly!
• Dont write a lot on your slides Get the major
  ideas down so team members can discuss the nuts
  and bolts of the communication process!
• Figure out who is controlling the ppt. before the
  presentation.

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The Collaborators Week 1-2

• The first week in the collaborative class made me
  think ?
• The first assignment collaborative chapter
• The Tangram gave us some idea of collaboration.
• List team identification information here (motto,
  logo, etc.)
• Describe how you agreed upon your name
• What team member took the lead?
• What team members felt overwhelmed?

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The Collaborative Team Members

• List and describe team members here.
• Maybe include individual pictures.
• Identify the member(s) that took lead?
• Did leadership get shared among group team
  members.
• Team members were unclear about assignment?

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Team Communication

• Describe team communication patterns
• Use who to whoms chart to do this.
• For example, compare various weeks that
  illustrate an improvement in team communication.
• When conflict emerged how did your team resolve
  differences?

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Communication Analysis -- The Who - To - Whom
Chart Team 1 Week 1 1-14-1-18
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Team Member Roles

• Describe team member roles here (e.g., the
  leader, the cheerleader, the detail person,
  etc.).
• List individual team members and their roles.
• Take examples of communications from the web
  board, chat sessions, or who to whom charts to
  illustrate these ideas.

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Gender Effects

• Describe any gender effects you may have noticed
  (e.g., the men in the group may have talked more
  than the women in the group)
• Did gender effect communication? Create problems?
  Affect what roles people adopted?

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Communication Problems and Solutions

• What kinds of problems did the group run into?
• How were they resolved?
• Identify the problems that emerged at distant
  sites.
• Team members thought distant team members were
  uncooperative? Be specific as to whom?

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Suggestions for Future Collaborative Teams

• It would have helped Team 7 if we had more time
  to
• The first week was critical for us in getting
• Get quiet members to work Assigning roles
  helped us. We appointed a team member to monitor
  the calendar!
• What to do with slackers
• The who-to-whom chart needed more emphasis!

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Powerpoint

• Keep ppt. noises to a minimum they can be
  distracting and the team loses focus.
• Special effects do the job..!

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Contact us with your Questions

• Collaborative On-Line Research and Learning Team