Group work

In most courses, you will be expected to work with other students on occasional group projects, which can develop valuable skills in teamwork and organisation.  However, many students find this hard at first, especially if there are personality clashes within the group.

There's now a new resource to help you make a success of group projects. It's at http://www.learnhighergroupwork.com. 

This website is a video resource involving a series of 10 episodes, taking five students through the journey of a group work project. Each episode highlights a different aspect of working as part of a group and includes a number of video clips, audio clips as well as observation and discussion points (see screen shot on the right). You can dip in and out of the episodes or follow the students through their task from start to finish.There are also a range of additional resources that can be accessed to expand upon or reinforce points raised within the episode.

Creating a Team

For successful group work it's important that you work as team. LearnHigher have some advice on how to go about doing this: 

LearnHigher's Ten Top Tips on Creating the Team

1. Be positive and open to the group experience

2. Take time to get to know your team

3. Create a productive group environment

4. Set your team ground rules

5. Decide on your group working practices

6. Decide on your team/meeting roles

7. Check your understanding of the task 

8. Establish your goal/aims

9. Get everyone’s contact details

10. Agree your next meeting date/time

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