Successful

Collaboration and

Team DynamicsBY: JERRY EVANS, AMANDA FOSTER, BRIDGET CHEEKS

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SUSAN TAYLOR

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Overview Value of Team Collaboration

Conflict Resolution

Team Strength

Communication

Learning Team Charter

Keys for Success

Motivation

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Value of Team Collaboration

Listening to ideas or advice from team members

Supporting each other in recognition that the

team's success requires all members to be

successful.

Shared belief in the value and achievability of

team’s goals

Awareness of the value of the individual’s own

role and contribution

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Conflict Resolution Strategies

Clear and Precise on conflict

Outline decision making strategies

Eviction

Contact Faculty Member

(Online Campus Learning Team Handbook, 2004)

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Conflict Resolution Strategies – Cont.

Two questions to ask when a conflict

arises.

Is the conflict a misunderstanding?

Are all the facts about the conflict

presented to the entire team?(Online Campus Learning Team Handbook, 2004)

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Learning Styles Sensory-Intuitive

Provide both hard facts and general concepts

Visual-Verbal

Incorporate both visual and verbal cues

Active-Reflective

Allow both experiential learning and time for

evaluation and analysis

Sequential-Global

Provide detail in a structured way Eyre (2015)

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Learning Styles – Cont.

Learning styles vary

Know how a team learns

Learning that everyone learns differently

Learning how each team member learns and

breaking out of their comfort zone helps to

assimilate information easier.

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Team Strength

Utilizing each team member’s

learning style as an opportunity

to strengthen the team

dynamic:

Play to the team's strengths

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Communication Skills

Always keep team members informed

Respond to all request within 24 hours

Give positive feedback

Respectfully Disagree(Team Working Together n.d.)

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Learning Team Charter

Mission, Goals, Commitments, and Plans

Creates task or Roadmap for the Team

Improve Effectiveness

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Keys For Team Success

Leadership

Clear and Define Roles

Right Team Members(Succeeding with teams, 1997)

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Motivational Strategies

Focus on the Results

Hold one Another Accountable

Learn to commit to decisions

Trust within the team

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Conclusion

Team collaboration provides a great learning experience.

Improves Communication Skills

Resolve Conflicts

Make Team Decisions

Makes students accountable

Team members motivate students to do well

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References

Jordan, Michael. (n.d.). Team Working Together. Chapter 12. Retrieved from http://www.apollolibrary.com/Library/ltt/download/TeamWorkingTogether.pdf

Online Campus Learning Team Handbook. (2004). Retrieved from University of Phoenix: https://assetscdn.students.uophx.edu/content/dam/faculty/OnlineCampusLearningTeamHandbook.pdf

Succeeding with teams. (1997). Research Technology Management, 40(4), 56-57. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/213808749?accountid=35812

Eyre, E. (2015). Learning Styles: Understanding Learning Preferences. Retrieved from http://www.mindtools.com/mnemlsty.html

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