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Just finally adding my two cents re the group work.

Plenty of similarities to Leonie, Warren and the rest of the team i.e. most students leaving it till the last minute to organise themselves despite numerous emails and DB posts not too.

As Leonie noted the really proactive and focused students organised themselves early, asked me relevant and timely questions  and handed in coherent quality work, the other "Usual Suspects" were seeking extensions and submitted reports of much lesser quality. I did find a number of students just not checking their emails of the DB for weeks then scambling to try and catch up.

Something I would do differently next TP is address assessments in more detail in my Week 1 welcome video and stress getting organised as early as possible. I would follow that up in the Assessment Q& A forums with a dedicated video prior to the Collab session just to better frame the expectation of the assessment, pose questions and really push the value of attending. For A3 I would really stress the importance of completing the team charter early to set  up team expectations and then keep highlighting it as often as possible.

Thanks David for sharing

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Wow ok this is the first time I have tried using an tablet! I feel very lucky that my students all worked together so well. The main problem time for me was just after new years when I had a number of students email to say they hadn't heard from their team-mates. I then sent out individual group emails cc'ing all members to ask for updates on their progress. There was only one real group "shuffle" I had to do when one student dropped out but he was still kind enough to email me to let me know he had to drop out or personal reasons.

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Thanks for the opportunity to contribute Beck!
For me the challenge was that not many of my teams were proactive in organising themselves so I had to organise them - which meant teams were generally not made up of like minded members, and there were a lot of groups with one high standard student mixed with lower standard writers - which caused some complaints about equal contributions.
I had some success like Leonie in getting the message about having a coherent report not one that read like each section had a different author, and in marking it has been pleasing to see this has been put into practice.
Generally segmentation was done pretty well so it is good to see that they are taking in the Learning Materials and also that the Learning Material is effective in getting the concept across.
Oddly the environmental analysis was done less well, which means that students are not reviewing the Collaborate slides or recordings or if they are they are not understanding them very well.

Thanks for sharing Warren.  Beck

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Another awesome initiative, thanks Beck!
The great teams seemed to be great all on their own.  They were the ones posting updates in response to my Weekly Check-in Posts...  The ones who left it all until the last weekend (despite several pleas NOT to!) are the ones who were seeking extensions, had their team members evaporate, or just put together what they had...
I did have some success in getting the message across that work needed to be reviewed early by all team members, with all team members providing input to all sections (i.e. not divvying up: Intro, ES & Concl: Student A; Section 1: Student B;  Section 2: Student C).   Those teams that paid attention to that advice have kicked some goals!
Also, one of my key strategies was to pester them all by email until I'd recieved confirmation that they had made contact with all their team members.  I think this worked well in driving them to get in touch where they might not have otherwise!  It also gave me the chance to refine teams and eliminate withdrawn students early (I had about 8 withdrawn, but stll appearing in GC).

Thanks for sharing Leonie.  Beck

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Welcome to week 10 everyone and I hope you are going well with your marking of Asst 2.  I thought this week was a good opportunity to reflect on the lead up to Asst 2 submission and the challenges and triumphs of group work in MKT10007.  Please share your thoughts and experiences so we can all build our effective teaching practice.

Here are some questions to help get the ideas/reflections started;

* How effective was the video created by eLAs in helping the students understand the benefits of team work?
* What were the major challenges with getting the team members working effectively together?
* Was there something you did to encourage positive team work experiences when times got tough?
* Is there anything you would you do differently next time?
* Were you happy with the results that have come through for students Asst 2?
* What did you love or loathe about this assessment?
* Did you need further support in managing a team work assessment?

Please feel free to add any of your thoughts or reflections, these questions are just a starting point.

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Why not give one of your fellow eLAs a virtual pat on the back?

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Why not give one of your fellow eLAs a virtual pat on the back?

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My Name:
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What are they doing well:

My Name:
eLAs name:
What are they doing well:

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Maintaining a high student satisfaction rating for the unit

Setting up social forums in an effort to get students chatting early on so barriers are broken down well before the team assessment

Maintaining momentum in the DBs especially with the longer holiday break

Making our assessment collab sessions more interesting rather than just reading from slides.

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Agility and Innovation-  Actively look for ways to do things better.
Passion and perseverance- Celebrate success and inspire others.
Integrity- Be constructive
Teamwork- Open to give and receive feedback.