{"id":1676,"date":"2016-06-26T05:16:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T13:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2017-02-18T09:58:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T17:58:19","slug":"assessing-team-process-in-student-learning-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/2016\/06\/26\/assessing-team-process-in-student-learning-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing team process in student learning teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog post was inspired by a <a href=\"http:\/\/sched.co\/6ACg\">session<\/a> on <strong>assessing team processes<\/strong> that I attended at the <a href=\"https:\/\/festival.bccampus.ca\/\">Festival of Learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1683\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2016\/06\/5254059460_d65ddcac55_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1683\" class=\"wp-image-1683 size-large\" title=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/91hqQ5\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2016\/06\/5254059460_d65ddcac55_b-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"5254059460_d65ddcac55_b\" width=\"625\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2016\/06\/5254059460_d65ddcac55_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2016\/06\/5254059460_d65ddcac55_b-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/files\/2016\/06\/5254059460_d65ddcac55_b-624x353.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teamwork by Easa Shamih https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/91hqQ5<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The session presenters were from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalroads.ca\/\">Royal Roads University<\/a> (RRU) where\u00a0teamwork is the pillar of most\u00a0programs. \u00a0Because teamwork is such an integral part of their course and program design, and because teamwork also presents many challenges, the \u00a0Coaching &amp; Counselling Centre (CCC) and Centre for Teaching and Education Technology (CTET) have partnered to develop\u00a0resources and workshops to help students and faculty members improve team-based learning<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0at RRU.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some notes and learnings from the\u00a0session\u00a0on\u00a0assessing team processes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When instructors design a project that involves teams, they\u00a0often measure outcomes and not process. Yet, <strong>assessing the process<\/strong> <strong>matters; <\/strong>by<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>gaining\u00a0insight into\u00a0how teams function and how individual members contribute, one can build healthier teams.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resources<\/strong> <strong>from TeamsWork<\/strong>, the RRU initiative, <a href=\"http:\/\/ctet.royalroads.ca\/teamswork\">can be found \u00a0here<\/a>. They include workshop slides, activities, information from the literature and more.\u00a0This site is worth exploring!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpmetrics.com\/\">ITP Metrics<\/a> is a Canadian site that\u00a0provides free &#8220;t<span class=\"blurb-content-emphasize\">eam dynamics diagnostics, peer feedback, and behavioural assessments.&#8221; I had a chance to review a sample report\u00a0and was impressed. The reports are free\u00a0because the work is associated with a funded research project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ctet.royalroads.ca\/advantages-teamwork\">Some \u00a0advantages of team work can be found here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other resources this session inspired me to look into:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We often use the term &#8216;team&#8217; when we mean &#8216;group&#8217;. \u00a0Interested in some\u00a0differences? See\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dummies.com\/how-to\/content\/differences-between-work-groups-and-teams.html\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Carnegie Mellon&#8217;s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence &amp; Educational Innovation has some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/teaching\/designteach\/teach\/instructionalstrategies\/groupprojects\/tools\/index.html\">terrific resources on group work<\/a>, including a number of inventories and assessments.<\/li>\n<li>The Association of American Colleges &amp; Universities has a helpful and detailed teamwork <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacu.org\/value\/rubrics\/teamwork\">rubric available for download<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ctl.ok.ubc.ca\/elearning\/toolkit\/ipeer.html\">iPeer<\/a> \u00a0is an open source web application that allows instructors to develop and deliver rubric-based peer evaluations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kahoot.com\">Kahoot.com<\/a>\u00a0is a free online tool that can be used to engage students\/workshop participants in active learning (we used this at the Festival session; the downside is that results are in a\u00a0spreadsheet).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have resources to share, please leave them in the comments or be in touch with me via Twitter or email.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8216;Team-based learning&#8217; in the context of RRU is not the same as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambasedlearning.org\/\">Team-Based-Learning<\/a>\u00a0developed by Larry Michaelsen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog post was inspired by a session on assessing team processes that I attended at the Festival of Learning. 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