Saturday, October 31, 2009
Teamwork makes the Dream Work
Working on the team presentation has highlighted to me the importance collaborative learning. When the assignment was first given, it was my natural instinct to go at it alone. In the past I have relied on my own hard work and imagination. But in the spirit of this class we took a projectized approach to the presentation, and maximized our resources by doing so. I was amazed at what synergies were created (and still are) when all four of us were focused on accomplishing the same goal. We were able to draw individual strengths from each member and create something that none of us could on our own. I know this sounds like an old tune, however, working together has shown me how important teamwork is especially in a e-Learning 2.0 environment. I hope this will reflect in our work on Wednesday.
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Can you give some examples of what you learned in the process that you would not have known (or done) had you worked alone?
ReplyDeleteJeffrey
I agree with you that e-Learning 2.0 environment supports the projectized approach that you took to the team presentation. Since Web 2.0 is centered on communication and knowledge sharing, this enhances our abilities to interconnect with content and ideas.
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For one, having other team members from different language and professional backgrounds enabled us to test the material on ourselves and see what worked and what didn't. It was a very useful test audience.We also streamlined many parts and came up with elegant solutions given our limited time and resources. We used each others expertise and were able to create something at a much higher level.
ReplyDeleteSo, it seems that with a group of people who have differences, it helped you to create a presentation to meet a variety of needs?
ReplyDeleteDid this also help you streamline your work and come up with "elegant solutions"?
Jeffrey
My instinct also has been to "go it alone." However, I am in an online learning environment that requires teamwork and it has been shocking to see how difficult it is and also how unexpectedly rewarding. Our team projects have also reached higher levels than our individual projects. It is hard to admit that, because it is so much more work to collaborate. I want to follow your progress because in my learning journey I am developing games to support the "understructure" of team building.
ReplyDeleteThat is a very interesting concept, using games as a team building tool. Are you concentrating on an online team or in a face to face environment?
ReplyDeleteHow do you meet you needs of multiple intelligences in a diverse socioeconomic and cultural classroom? It is rather disturbing that you are only concentrating on the whole picture of making a Politically Correct collaborative efforts by labeling it with a "fancy pants" slogan of "Team Work makes the Dream work". How can team members (who are essentially in the same boat) push one another in the zone of proximal development? I feel if you took the time to research quantitative and qualitative (especially from an ethnographic POV) you would be surprised that team work does not make the dream work.
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