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Group Work In Online Business Education – Pain Or Gain?, Steffen Zorn, Rhonni Sasaki, David Qian, Anne-Marie Chase
Group Work In Online Business Education – Pain Or Gain?, Steffen Zorn, Rhonni Sasaki, David Qian, Anne-Marie Chase
Dr Anne-Marie Chase
In business education being able to collaborate is an important graduate attribute. However, group work often leads to frustration among students. The paper investigated how students in an online business unit perceived group work. Results revealed distinctive student profiles. Some students thought they gained from it and clearly saw value in different characteristics of group work. For other students group work was a pain. The paper concludes with recommendations how to address these student groups.
Teaching In An Online Environment: Group Work For Critical Thinking, Aimee Dechambeau
Teaching In An Online Environment: Group Work For Critical Thinking, Aimee Dechambeau
Aimee deChambeau
Working in groups online has a wide variety of benefits for both learners and instructors. Understanding how students' critical thinking skills benefit from group work can motivate us as instructors to create group projects specifically for online learning situations.