Enhance student collaboration using groups.

Enhance student collaboration using groups.

Workshop overview: With this 50 mints workshop which trains KAU staff, the participants will train on how groups work within Blackboard by explain full options of creating group forms. In addition to understand the importance of groups in learning environment especially within an online environment and how this relates to face-to-face teaching. Finally, a good tips and strategy about selecting and monitoring groups will be shown

Outcomes: participants must know to create group with different types based on course needs and different students’ capabilities then monitoring them

Objectives: The aim of the workshop is describe groups’ tool and also explain the different between types where participants will be familiar with

• Define group work and articulate the benefits and barriers to group work
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• Explore different types of groups and working with it within Blackboard
• (building, modifying, and managing)
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• Learn more strategies about groups’ management and assessment tools

   

The answers to the three questions in this form will help us identify the benefits and barriers of working with students in collaborative groups fill questionnaire