This document discusses putting students into groups for online learning. It provides guidance on selecting group sizes, assigning roles and responsibilities, and using different types of group assessments, including "parallel play" projects where students work independently but help each other, and "real" projects where students depend on each other to complete a task. It also introduces the idea of using Google Hangouts for synchronous group meetings online.

1. Groups
For Fun
&
Learning

2. Introduction
Jim
Marteney

3. Introduction
Jim
Marteney
Professor
Emeritus
Communication
Studies

4. Introduction
Jim
Marteney
Distance
Learning
Trainer

5. Putting Students in Groups

6. Putting Students in Groups
Student feels
disconnected in large
group
Would feel more
comfortable in
smaller, intimate
group

7. Putting Students in Groups
Too many in class for
one discussion group
Tough to come up
with original answer as
42nd student
Can make a unique
contribution in
smaller group

8. Putting Students in Groups
Want to create
special groups

9. Putting Students in Groups
Looking at the
Mechanics

10. Putting Students in Groups
Select “Site Info”

11. Putting Students in Groups
Select “Site Info”
Select “Manage Groups”

12. Putting Students in Groups
Select “Site Info”
Select “Manage Groups”

13. Putting Students in Groups
Select “Site Info”
Select “Manage Groups”
Title and Describe the
Group
Select students and add

14. Putting Students in Groups
In Manage Groups Select
“Allow Access” Option

15. Putting Students in Groups
Select Desired Groups

16. Putting Students in Groups
Your View

17. Putting Students in Groups
Student’s View
Students will see only
their discussion

18. Focusing Announcements
Can make focused
announcements just to
one class section
Can make focused
announcements just to
that group
Announcements will
appear only on group
member’s Home Page

19. Putting Students in Groups
First a couple of questions
How many do you
put in a group?
A regular discussion 20
A student project 10-12

20. Putting Students in Groups
First a couple of questions
How do you select
members of a group?
Mix up high achievers with low?
Keep high achievers together?
Have students self select?

21. Putting Students in Groups
First a couple of questions
Do you assign group
responsibilities?
Assigning will save time
Assigning will save frustration
Can rotate assignments

22. Using Group Assessments
Groups of One
Journal Writing
English
Communication
Child Development
Lab Reports

23. Using Group Assessments
Groups of one
Title
Student’s Name
Membership
Select that name

24. Using Group Assessments
Group Projects

25. Using Group Assessments
Group Projects

26. Using Group Assessments
Group Projects
“Parallel Play” Group Projects
“Real” Group Projects

27. Using Group Assessments
“Parallel Play” Group Projects
Group projects where members in the
group are not dependent on each other
to complete the task
They can help and inspire each other but grade
is not dependent on each other

28. Using Group Assessments

29. Using Group Assessments

30. Using Group Assessments

31. Using Group Assessments
“Parallel Play” Group Projects

32. Using Group Assessments
“Parallel Play” Group Projects

33. Using Group Assessments
“Parallel Play” Group Projects

34. Using Group Assessments
Group Projects
“Parallel play” Group Projects
“Real” Group Projects

35. Using Group Assessments
“Real” Group Projects

36. Using Group Assessments
“Real” Group Projects
Members divide duties and responsibilities and
work together to complete the task
Group projects where people in the
group are dependent on each other to
complete the task

37. Using Group Assessments
“Real” Group Projects
Group Class Project:
Work together on a task
Grading Points
10 “bonus” participation from each other
20 evaluation of the final product
80 evaluation of the group process

38. Using Group Assessments
“Real” Group Projects
Group Class Project:
A chapter in a group text.
Chapters will create an eBook

39. Google+ Hangouts
Sometimes you just need to

40. Google+ Hangouts

41. Google+ Hangouts

42. Google+ Hangouts

43. Google+ Hangouts

44. Google+ Hangouts

45. Google+ Hangouts

46. Google+ Hangouts

47. Google+ Hangouts

48. Google+ Hangouts

49. Google+ Hangouts

50. Google+ Hangouts

51. Google+ Hangouts
Shall we give it a try?

52. Your Experiences
Any ideas?

53. Thank you
This is going
to be fun.