Facilitating Group Work
About this topic
Well-designed student group work activities can provide rich learning experiences that enhance subject specific knowledge in addition to developing a range of essential skills and attributes.
Group work also provides means for effectively engaging and assessing large numbers of students.
Key considerations when developing group work include:
- Is it clear to all parties why group work is an important and appropriate approach?
- Will students know what constitutes “good” team-working? If not, how will students become informed?
- Are the expected outcomes reasonable and clear?
- Do you assess the product or process of the work? Furthermore, what balance is needed between recognising individual contribution against overall group outputs.
- How do you monitor group progress and manage conflict within groups?
This topic provides direct access to examples of the numerous approaches available to create practical and effective group work activities. Further resources and ideas to support such activities are also included.
Case Studies
Transformation to “Experiential Learning”, a case study
Dr Vicki Stevenson
Published 26 Jan 2024 • 7 minutes read
Dr Vicki Stevenson, of Cardiff University's Welsh School of Architecture presents at the 2019 Learning & Teaching Conference, hosted by the CESI, a case study on: Transformation to “Experiential Learning”
Topics
Ways of learning | Flipping the classroom | Facilitating group work | Small group teaching | Large group teaching | Delivering lectures |
3 recommendations
Working with Welsh language Champions
Elliw Iwan
Published 23 Jul 2021 • 15 mins read
Mae'r cyflwyniad hwn o Gynhadledd Dysgu ac Addysgu 2021 yn esbonio sut y gweithiodd grŵp o Hyrwyddwyr Myfyrwyr gyda Mentimeter i gyfieithu ei ryngwyneb i'r Gymraeg.
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Ways of learning | Engaging with student feedback | Facilitating group work |0 recommendations
Problem-based Learning Video Case Study
Dr Annabel Cartwright
Published 17 Feb 2017 • 11 mins read
Dr Cartwright talks through how the School of Physics and Astronomy introduced a problem-based learning module to help with improving the employability skills of students undertaking the degree.
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Facilitating group work4 recommendations
Constructing a connected learning experience online
Arrendeep Gill and Rachel Barker
Published 21 Jul 2021 • 7 mins read
This Pecha Kucha presentation from the 2021 Learning & Teaching Conference discusses teachers facilitating connection between learners in order to create purposeful learning environments.
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Ways of learning | Designing for distance learners | Delivering blended programmes | Facilitating group work |1 recommendations
Growing Ideas using the Concept Canvas
Rhys Pearce-Palmer, Sian Eddy & Louise Miles-Payne
Published 17 Jan 2020 • 42 minutes read
One of the workshops delivered most frequently by the Enterprise & Start-up Team is about business models. The workshop allows students to discuss and develop business models, improves their commercial awareness and provides the tools they need to
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Enterprise & Employability | Facilitating group work |3 recommendations
The online flipped classroom in interprofessional learning
Dr Anna Sydor and Dr Dominic Roche
Published 23 Jul 2021 • 7 mins read
This Pecha Kucha presentation from the 2021 Learning & Teaching Conference explains how they have designed a healthcare postgraduate module using a flipped classroom model approach, in which students are provided with all the learning materials at
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Ways of learning | Flipping the classroom | Delivering blended programmes | Facilitating group work |1 recommendations
Cardiff Resources
Demonstrating (supporting laboratory, practical and field work.
Dr Kate Exley
Published 20 Apr 2017 • 40 mins read
An introduction to demonstrating in practical, laboratory and fieldwork classes.
Topics
Facilitating group work7 recommendations
Online Content Curation Tools Technology Reviews
Dr Duncan Cole and Dr Richard Jones
Published 14 Jan 2019 • 30 mins read
This resource reviews a range of the most well-known platforms and piloted and assessed them as support tools for use in higher education.
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Facilitating group work | Small group teaching | Large group teaching |0 recommendations
Best Practice in Online Content Curation in Higher Education
Dr Duncan Cole & Dr Richard Jones
Published 18 Jan 2019 • 30 mins read
This best practice document aims to provide advice on how to get the most from using a curation platform, and indeed identifying whether a curation platform is right for the job you have in mind. We present this as a series of key consideration with
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Facilitating group work | Small group teaching | Large group teaching |4 recommendations
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