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Ross Hanig

TLC Tip of the Week: Making Group Work Work

September 9, 2016

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As the term unfolds, many professors will be asking students to work productively in groups. While there’s lots of evidence to support collaborative learning, both in terms of knowledge gained and essential work skills honed, many professors are also faced with groups that don’t gel or fall under the dominion of one hyper-achiever, and the occasional student who is willing to ride on colleagues’ coattails. Then there’s the question of group versus individual accountability.

Nikki Schulz, engineering (pictured), and Ross Hanig, business, suggest checking out the teacher-designed web site CATME.org, which offers many suggestions for overcoming obstacles that can keep learning groups from functioning optimally. The site provides quick inventories that allow professors to form groups which are more likely to be productive, tips from the trenches for managing the noise and extra movement groups generate, keeping track of individual contributions,  working through personality conflicts, and getting students to make equitable contributions to their final course projects. Like any tool, it can’t answer every possible problem, but it is field-tested and a good place to start if you find yourself up against the same issues and complaints regarding group work. And as with most TLC tips, pursuing CATME.org for the length of time it takes you to drink a cup of coffee at your desk may pay some excellent dividends.

For more information contact Karen Eifler at eifler@up.edu.

Filed Under: 09-12-2016, Academics, Teaching & Learning Collaborative Tagged With: Karen Eifler, Nikki Schulz, Ross Hanig, TLC

Faculty, we need your feedback!

December 15, 2014

more-copy1The University is asking faculty to complete two surveys.

The Committee on Faculty Welfare requests feedback from UP faculty about issues and areas of concern. They can speak with the administration on behalf of the UP faculty. Please respond to the following anonymous survey by Friday, December 19:

https://uportland.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eDNOR12i7u5W17f

For more information, please contact Tamar More, physics, at more@up.edu or 7163.

The Ad-hoc Committee on Student Evaluations requests feedback from faculty about online end-of-semester course evaluations as well thoughts on student evaluations in general. The survey has 24 core questions (fourteen multiple choice and ten short answer) and two demographic questions. All questions are optional and responses are anonymous. The survey will close Thursday, December 18 at 4 p.m.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CourseEvalSurvey

For questions or comments, please contact Aaron Wootton, mathematics, at wootton@up.edu or 7377 or Ross Hanig, business, at hanig@up.edu or 7424.

Filed Under: 12-15-2014, Academics Tagged With: Aaron Wootton, Ad-hoc Committee on Student Evaluations, Faculty Welfare Committee, Ross Hanig, Tamar More

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