Groups by Design

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Groups by Design

• Presenter Lisa Bathe
• MVCR Instructor

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The Good

• Encourages collaboration
• Allows students to create more than what they
  could achieve on their own
• Creates a social network for students

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The Bad

• Time Conflicts
• Randomness of team membership
• Unevenness of product

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The Ugly

• Conflict within groups
• Dumping of responsibility

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Example A

• Collective Bargaining for Labor History
• Students were assigned management or labor
  positions. An agreed upon contract was not a
  requirement.

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Example B

• Cracking da Vincis Code Western Civilization

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Industrial
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Chain Reaction

• Drift                       
• W
• C
• Wagon

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Brainstorming

• What ways can you incorporate a group project
  that do not emphasis the product?

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Questions?

• Feel free to e-mail
• bathe_at_uillinois.edu