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Requirements:
By the end of Week 7, each
group member posts a contract in their group's
workroom.
The contract specifies what each member is doing
for the project, and specifies when members will
complete their respective parts of the project.
Roles, member responsibilities and due dates may be
renegotiated as the project progresses. Changes in
the contract should be explicitly posted in the
contract as they occur so that everyone is clear
about who is doing what and the associated due
dates. When the project is complete, group members
use the contract as one of the criteria for
evaluating peer participation.
The
finished project is to be posted in the
forum
for "Group Project"
by the end of the 13th week of the course.
Use the
14th week of the course to critique and
discuss each other's projects.
Note that each learner
submits a peer review of the participation of all
members of their group.
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The
Project
As a team,
devise teaching strategies that instructors can use
and learning activities that students can use to
accomplish the learning objectives for a real or
hypothetical course represented by each of the
disciplines in your group. The learning activities
should include some form of interactivity and
collaboration among the course participants in each
instructor's course. Here's where you can use your
creativity. Each team should come up with at least
3 teaching strategies and 3 learning
activities.
For example, let's say that
your team consists of instructors from English,
ethnic studies, and business. Your team would
create one teaching strategy and one learning
activity for a course in English, a course in
ethnic studies and a course in business. However,
it's important to see this as a team
activity. The idea here is to have team input
from all members of the team for the strategies and
activities devised for each discipline. For this
group project, we do not want you to confine
yourself to doing work only in your own
discipline.
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Each team needs
to
- provide a brief
theoretical rationale to support each
of the teaching strategies and learning
activities;
- explain in
detail what an instructor needs to
do in each of the teaching strategies,
and what the students need to do in
each of the learning activities, to
meet the course's
objectives;
- explain how this
instructor will assess and grade the
learning outcomes expected from each of
these
strategies/activities;
- conclude the
project by recommending at least 5
online resources relevant to each
instructor's online course; briefly
annotate these resources.
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At the
time the project is completed, each group
member submits via email to the instructor an
evaluation of each group member's participation
(and of one's own participation) on the
project.
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Tips for
Effective Group Work
- planning ahead with your
group is critical for success
- someone in the group
needs to convene the group--early in the
semester
- it helps to identify a
leader and a note-taker (your
workroom forum is a good place to keep
notes)
- group selects a
topic
- establish roles:
Who will do what?
- establish a time line:
Who is doing what when?
- each member posts a
written contract of what they will do and
when--that may be renegotiated as
necessary
- specify individual
assignments (make sure everyone is clear
about what they are to do and when)
- establish how you
will communicate: email, virtual workroom, fax,
phone, f2f?
- set date for circulation
of individual sections
- someone needs to
integrate (and edit) the sections into a
whole
- specify how revisions
are to be handled
- set date for circulation
of final draft
- who does final editing
and posting?
For more on Organizing and
Working on Group Projects: http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/groupprojects.htm
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Grading
Criteria for Content = 75% of the total project
grade
- All members of the group receive
the same grade for the content portion of the
project.
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- 5 = excellent
- 4 = good
- 3 = fair
- 2 = poor
- 1 = barely
acceptable
- 0 = unacceptable
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1. Course description
concisely and clearly describes the
course.
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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2. Learning objectives are
do-able and measurable.
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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3. An appropriate theoretical
or pedagogical rationale supports each of the TS's
(teaching strategies) and LA's (learning
activities).
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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4. TS's and LA's are related
to learning objectives.
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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5. The directives for the
TS's and LA's are explained clearly.
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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6. LA's promote active
learning via interactivity and
collaboration.
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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7. LA's are creative and
engaging
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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8. Assessment and grading
procedures are clearly explained.
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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9. Online resources are
relevant to the instructor's course; annotations
explain the value of the resource.
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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10. Evidence of proofreading
to correct spelling, grammar and typos.
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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0
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Total points earned for
content (50 possible)
_____/50 = _____% of
75.
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Grading
Criteria for Participation = 25% of the Project
Grade.
Each member evaluates the
participation of self and each of the other group members.
Please submit this evaluation via email to the instructor
at the time the project is posted (by the end of the 13th
week).
Each member has a total of 100 points
to distribute among the members of their group including
oneself. Please don't use fractions. The total number of
points distributed among your group members and yourself
should total 100. Write a short evaluative comment on each
member's participation based on the criteria
below.
Name of group member:
____________________ Points earned (out of 100):
__________
Your name:
____________________
Base your allocation of points on the
following criteria:
- took initiative to help the group
get organized
- actively contributed to group
decision-making
- made substantial contributions to
the development of TS's and LA's in disciplines of
others, in addition to one's own
- worked with consistent
determination and effort to help the group achieve its
goal
- provided leadership within the
group
- assisted teammates
- did a full share of the
work
- clearly communicated desires,
ideas, personal needs and feelings
- contributed to the development and
maintenance of the group's contract
- met timelines and work assignments
as specified in the group's contract
- provided quality work
- listened to others in the
group
- cooperated with the rest of the
group
- did not dominate the group
discussions
- was respectful of other group
members
- was able to accept feedback
gracefully
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Sum of points received from
group members = _____/100 = _____% of
25.
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_____% (content) + _____%
(participation) = _____% (group project total
grade).
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- 94-100 =
A
- 90-93 =
A-
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- 87-89 =
B+
- 84-86 =
B
- 80-83 =
B-
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- 77-79 =
C+
- 74-76 =
C
- 70-73 =
C-
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- 67-69 =
D+
- 64-66 =
D
- 60-63 =
D-
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<60 =
F
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