Well actually, quite the opposite. Tomorrow we begin working in groups and I’m going to have to push myself to fully engage in this activity. I’m an indepndent learner and, once again, want to resist. Boy this course is really forcing me out of my comfort zones!
So, to jump in and see if there’s more to group work than I imagined, I’ve gone ahead and posted a draft rubric to kick things off. We shall see how the process unfolds….
RJ
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I think I’m a bit more independent, too. Fortunately, I’m incredibly agreeable. Hopefully everything in our group will run tickety-boo!
I can say with complete credibility…that I’m not a big fan of group work either. But for this activity I’m convinced it’s the only way to actively engage with the task at hand…at least in any way that reflects real world practices. Rarely does anyone greenlight a technology; it’s almost always (and almost always should be) a collaborative enterprise.
I will NEVER assign group work unless it’s for wholly pedagogical reasons. So….enjoy! 😉
Well, John, that’s a relief! And here I thought you were just trying to torture us for no good reason…
😉
RJ
All torture purposeful here. 🙂
Well we survived the group assignment (although we were 27 minutes late…). It turned out fairly well, but I got a bit lost in Google doc’s. Unlike the reviewing toolbar in Word, it’s hard to decipher who did/said what and at the end the document was so long it was difficult (for me) to figure out what belonged and what didn’t.
I wonder if I missed something (my first foray into Google docs)…?
On the bright side, my group was amazing. What began as a germ of an idea exploded with input, ideas, changes, thoughts, exchanges and overall some valuable insights. It was a good reminder of how “two (or three or four or…) heads are better than one.” Much was said and done that I wouldn’t have thought of on my own.
Yay group 3!