Technology opens up possibilities in group work that were once practically impossible. Using computers and advanced communication devices, your group can increase productivity and bridge geographical ...

Facebook groups serve as a way for like-minded people and people who belong to an organization to communicate with one another. Creating a work group for co-workers offers you the opportunity to bring ...

Most students do not know how to work in small groups, nor do they understand the value of this way of learning. Educators know that collaboration and all its different facets hold essential skills ...

When I first became an education journalist back in 2011, there was a lot of talk about individualized instruction, particularly by using educational software to tailor subjects for each student. I ...

Everyone has a group project horror story. Maybe you had a classmate who got away with doing none of the work. Or maybe a group member doubled down on doing something incorrectly. For the really ...

“When I was a student, group work made me so nervous,” a professor confided to me over Zoom. “I just did all the work because I didn’t trust anyone else with my grade.” Her story is not uncommon—and ...

You will probably need to collaborate online with others at some point during your studies. This might be a fully online project or task, or you might use a mixture of online and face-to-face ...

Working with others is something you will be asked to do time and time again, both at University and beyond. Try to make the most of opportunities to develop your team working skills. Group work can ...

When students engage in group work that is intentionally designed to support cooperative learning, they develop interpersonal and critical thinking skills while practicing accountability behaviors ...

Group projects can be a challenge for many students, especially those new to college. They might prefer working alone, worry about others not pulling their weight, or feel group work slows progress.

For many students, group projects elicit feelings of frustration due to improperly managed or unequally distributed labor or burdensome time allocated to an assignment. However, group work can give ...