Collaborative On-Line Research and Learning

Collaborative Assignment Guidelines

Objectives

• To understand group and social psychological processes.
• To identify and work through communication difficulties/problems.
• To prepare four collaborative analyses, [collaborative analysis I, II, III, & IV].
• Read The Social Psychology of On-line Learning Communities

Collaborative Analyses Overview

Teams must devise a collaborative plan and complete four collaborative writing assignments. Integrate individual writing skills to form a collaborative analysis over a fifteen-week period. It is expected that the combination of individual and team writing experiences helps students learn to subdivide large tasks, synthesize different perspectives, and improve individual writing skills enabling them to form their fourth collaborative analysis (IV).

Collaborative Analyses Readings and Assignments

Analysis	Topic	Checklist
Collaborative Analysis I	[content 2]	[content 3]
Collaborative Analysis II
Collaborative Analysis III
Collaborative Anslysis IV Final Overview
Final Collaborative PPT

 

1. Collaborative Analysis I	In-Groups Out-Groups	Checklist I
2. Collaborative Analysis II	Social Loafing	Checklist II
3. Collaborative Analysis III	Superordinate Goals	Checklist III
4. Collaborative Anslysis IV Final Overview	Integrate collabs I,II & III = collab IV	Checklist IV
5. Final Collaborative PPT	Collab IV- PPT or PREZI	Checklist

Each collaborative analysis should follow the format listed below. Collaborative analyses I-III should be no more than 8 pages. Collaborative analysis IV should be no more than 15 pages.

Title Page

Use APA style.

Team Identification

List teammate names and group identity information (e.g., team name, motto, etc.). Include this in 1st and 4th collaborative analyses only.

Purpose

State the teams purpose for writing each collaborative analysis. The purpose correlates with the teams developmental stage.

Problems Encountered by Team

Describe briefly what problems you have encountered (what went wrong, not worked or is undone). Describe this process in a table format.
Explain how or when you plan to solve these problems (e.g., how you're going to get back on schedule).

Problems/Team Duysfunctions	Dates	Resolution(s)

 

Team Evolution / Group Processes

Include sections on Tuckman's stages of team development, & Who to Whom Charts.

• • Tuckman's Stages
  • Who-to-Whom Chart

 

Collaborative Analysis Content

• Roles Assignment
• Goals
• Team Norm Article 
• Collaborative Team Norm Guidelines

References

Include references in APA style.