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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

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To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse. Motivated by intentional opportunities for collaboration, students actively process information in favorable conditions that are both supportive and stimulating.

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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

Faculty Focus

To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse. Motivated by intentional opportunities for collaboration, students actively process information in favorable conditions that are both supportive and stimulating.

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A Student and a Teacher Try to Untangle Why Group Work Is, Well, Terrible

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Educator Jen Manly, left, and EdSurge reporter Nadia Tamez-Robledo address the audience during a discussion about the challenges students face while doing group work. Why does group work suck so much? The first question I'm gonna answer is the second one, which is, why do people assign group work?

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

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The instructor can then adjust the course as needed. In response, the instructor added a mini-unit on Chinese pronouns and LGBTQ life in Chinese-speaking areas. This tipped the instructor to spend more time on these issues. This is exactly what our colleague in Spanish chose to do through a group work activity.

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

Faculty Focus

The instructor can then adjust the course as needed. In response, the instructor added a mini-unit on Chinese pronouns and LGBTQ life in Chinese-speaking areas. This tipped the instructor to spend more time on these issues. This is exactly what our colleague in Spanish chose to do through a group work activity.

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Function Follows Form: How Two Colleges Redesigned the Classroom for Active Learning

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Although a wealth of research suggests that active learning increases student engagement and improves academic outcomes, many college campuses struggle to get faculty to shift away from traditional, sage-on-a-stage style teaching practices. Now, pods for group work circle monitors connected to a video wall.

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Space Matters: Lessons Learned from an Active-Learning Classroom

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Two years ago we renovated an old computer lab into an active learning classroom. The old arrangement strongly suggested—and really only supported—interactions between student and instructor or student and computer. Too many discussions of edtech focus on tools (like tablets, clickers, learning-management systems, smart boards, etc).