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Carolina Lateral Entry Developing Community for Effective Collaboration

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Why Collaborate?

Promotes deeper levels of knowledge Promotes initiative, creativity and development of

critical thinking skills Promotes Co-creation of knowledge Promotes Reflection


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Building Community

A sense of community must exist for collaboration to occur

Community deters feelings of isolation in distance learning

Students need to interact with content, teachers and each other

Builds relationships through interaction and common goals

Leads to enhanced collaboration and learning


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Elements of Community

All the people involved Shared purpose

Sharing information, experiences, interests, resources

Guidelines Structure of the course, groundrules for participation and interaction

Technology or Meeting Places Collaborative Learning

Student-to-student interaction

Reflection To reinforce and transform the learning


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Why Do People Need to Learn to Work Together?

Collaborative teamwork fosters the following benefits if utilized effectively. These benefits when employed will lead to better productivity In the workplace.

Creativity – By utilizing different skills, knowledge, and personal attributes, more ideas can be generated.

Efficiency – Team members are able to complete projects more rapidly because of the different minds and hands being able to problem solve together.


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Why Do People Need to Learn to Work Together? Cont.

Overcomes Monotony – Interaction with others generates enthusiasm which leads to better productivity.

Morale – Team members who work well together tend to be happier, which boosts confidence and self-esteem.

Support – A sense of camaraderie is created through effective teamwork which leads to a sense of unity.


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“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play

together, the club won't be worth a dime.”.

John Wooden


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When Groups Work and Don’t Work

External Factors (determined by instructor)

Well established communication process Clear goals and expectations Individual accountability Available source of information Effective monitoring

learning contract, periodic feedback, group evaluation



Internal Characteristics-groups that work

Open minded Willing to participate Committed to quality result Respectful to team members

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Internal Characteristics-groups that don’t work

Resistant to change Procrastination Refusal to participate Refusal to communicate

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Stages of Group Development

Forming: when groups get to know one another Norming: when groups figure out how to work together Storming: Problem-solving where there will be disagreement

and/or conflict. Benefits Include:

• Promoting engagement with the group and topics.• Offering of different view points.• Stronger team unity when a decision is reached.

Performing: when groups work to complete the task Adjourning: when groups end the work and disband or regroup

for other tasks


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"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress." - Mohandas Gandhi


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What Do I Need to Do as an Instructor?

Set the Stage Provide clear expectations and purpose

Create the environment Determine where and how students will collaborate

Model the process Go through the collaboration process with the students Show proper behavior and work with students

Guide the process Facilitate collaboration while providing feedback

Evaluate the process Assess level of achieving objectives Student’s reflection on learning process and activity


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Successful Collaboration

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